Mount Hope, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99012. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEONE SPOT |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Spokane County Fire Districts | ELDER WHEAT |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMERON |
| 22 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.6 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nessley | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Saxby-Manito Area | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darknell | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rockford | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Freeman | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fairfield | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| West Fairfield | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Valleyford | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Manito | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coey | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511168. 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.






