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Moffetts Hot Springs, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Bonneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98639. It stands on Greenleaf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonneville Dam quadrangle.

Moffetts Hot Springs within Skamania County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Moffetts Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74,431 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning15
Smoking11
Fireworks8
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFORT RAINS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaLOWER PUNCH BOWL
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic Area2020
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEL REY
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEVERGREEN
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDODSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Moffetts Hot Springs: 14 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Geothermal. 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
StevensonPerliteOccurrence
Moffett's Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Rock Creke Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Blue Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cascade Locks Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
North Bonneville1.4 miles14
Fort Rains2.1 miles14
Stevenson4.8 miles14
Skamania5.2 miles16
Carson8.8 miles13
Saint Cloud8.9 miles16
Saint Martins Hot Springs9.9 miles13
Home Valley10.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1506749. 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.