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Molfait Tracts, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Bonneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98671. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridal Veil quadrangle.

Molfait Tracts within Skamania County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Molfait Tracts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes7
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 HeadquartersLAUREL LN
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMP 15
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersL1560 SPUR
29 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2005Smoking10 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaVISTA
24 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersB 1150 ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Molfait Tracts: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Gensman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bridal Veil PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haag & Shaw PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schmidt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Prindle4.3 miles16
Cruzatt4.3 miles16
Saint Cloud6.4 miles16
Skamania10.1 miles16
North Bonneville14.0 miles14
Moffetts Hot Springs14.9 miles14
Fort Rains16.9 miles14
Stevenson19.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511935. 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.