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Mill A, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson-Underwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98605. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle.

Mill A within Skamania County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Mill A between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural13
Debris and open burning13
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Natural3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTAG
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesMOSS
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaLITTLE WHITE
20 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mill A: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pipeline PitStonePast Producer
Broughton Lumber Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cooke Grade PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cooks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dietderich QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Skamania County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Willard2.0 miles15
Cook3.2 miles16
Ericson View Tracts3.4 miles17
Hood View Tracts3.6 miles17
Hood5.4 miles17
Underwood Heights6.7 miles17
Underwood6.8 miles17
Home Valley7.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1523144. 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.