Mountain View, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Asotin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99401. It lies near Corral Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View 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.
- 1943 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1992 and 2019, burning about 630 acres in total. 37 started naturally. None 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 | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 857 - COUGAR CONFL |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | DONUT HOLE |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | WENATCHEE CREEK |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEWITT SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $1,500,000 | A Flash Flood closed Highway 129 near where Rattlesnake Creek meets the Grande Ronde River. The road was closed for three hours and then opened up to one lane of traffic. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $2,000 | Flooding occurred along Dreamz Road as a flood wave passed from a disintegrating ice jam farther upstream. Four feet of water was reported in the yard of a home and a small shed was floated and carried by the flood wave. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | Trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds of 55 to 60 mph in Anatone near the intersection of Highway 129 and Pine Street. Tree limbs branches were down across town. Hail to the size of pennies was also observed. Larger hail likely accompanied the storms prior to moving into Anatone. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson Ferry | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Grouse | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Anatone | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Theon (historical) | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cloverland | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Craige | 17.9 miles | 10 | |
| Zindel (historical) | 18.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rogersburg | 19.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511170. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






