BlockPitt, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98635. It lies near Wheeler Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Klickitat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Pitt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,436 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | 720 |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAW |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COLD SPRINGS |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KLICKITAT RIVER |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JOHNSON |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RAILS TO TRAILS |
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 Pitt: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitt in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Pitt | - | The Klickitat river near Pitt (flood stage 9.0) crested at 9.3 feet at 0445 on March 16th. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Pitt | - | Law enforcement reported flood waters covering highway 142 5 miles southeast of Appleton. The Klickitat River near Pitt was above flood stage from 7 am March 30 to 11:45 pm March 31. It peaked at 11.12 feet pm March 30 at 4:45 pm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klickitat | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Appleton | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Klickitat Springs | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Woodruff Mill | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wahkiacus | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Klickitat Heights | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Swale | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lyle | 8.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524493. 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.