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Pioneer, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98642. The Survey maps it on the Ridgefield quadrangle.

Pioneer within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 5 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2015Debris and open burning2.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST 50TH AVE
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters18 HUB
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1999Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mill Plain PitStoneProducer
R B Muffet Brick and Tile CoClayPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pioneer in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2022FloodPioneer-Clogged drains resulted in minor street flooding. Up to 3 inches of rain fell on the 4th in the area.

Every storm 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
West Pioneer1.6 miles16
Lambert2.5 miles16
La Center3.4 miles16
King Corner3.5 miles16
Good Hope3.9 miles16
Dollar Corner4.0 miles16
Baker4.0 miles16
Ridgefield4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514751. 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.