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Mount Pleasant, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98671. It stands on Walton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Washougal quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Other causes2
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
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
21 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitPALMER MILL #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 10 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
WashingtonGoldUnknown
Camp Collins YmcaGeothermalProducer
CorbettGeothermalProducer
Gensman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Raymond SmithStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Washougal5.3 miles24
Parkersville6.4 miles24
Parker Landing Light6.8 miles24
Oak Park7.1 miles24
Camas7.8 miles24
Sunnyside8.4 miles21
Fern Prairie9.2 miles23
Ireland9.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512484. 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.