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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Willard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STAG |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | MOSS |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | LITTLE WHITE |
| 20 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Broughton Lumber Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooke Grade Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dietderich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cook | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ericson View Tracts | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hood View Tracts | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hood | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Underwood Heights | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Underwood | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Home Valley | 7.8 miles | 13 |
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.








