BlockMountain Home Park, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99328. It stands on Robinson Fork. The Survey maps it on the Robinette Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1937 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Robinette Mtn. quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Home Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,153 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PAYNE HOLLOW |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 1062 TOUCHET |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC 1010 - SOUTH TOUCHEE |
| 19 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Umatilla National Forest | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHEAT |
| 28 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PAYNE HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mountain Home Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patit Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baileysburg | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain Top | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Patit | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dayton | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Long | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ronan | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dumas | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Covello | 10.6 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561262 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1506835. 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.