BlockMentor, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pomeroy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99347. It lies near Sweeney Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Alpowa Ridge quadrangle. It stands 2,316 feet above sea level.
On record in Mentor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lewis and Clark Trail-Travois Roadlisted 1974 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Peola quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Peola quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Alpowa Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mentor between 2011 and 2017, burning about 4,180 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 4,002 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | BELL PLAIN COMPLEX |
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 178 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | HILL FIRE COMPLEX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mentor: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osga Ii Extension Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cyrus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Alpowa Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Keatts Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pomeroy Quarryy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pataha | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kirby | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Unfried (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pomeroy | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Peola | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gould City | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Zumwalt | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mayview | 11.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mentor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989035 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514681. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.