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Prindle, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Bonneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98671. The Survey maps it on the Bridal Veil quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Prindle within Skamania County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Prindle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 349 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony25
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Other causes6
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Natural1
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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMP 15
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRSTONEHORSE
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined260 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersARCHER MOUNTAIN
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWAHKEENA
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaPARK
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILEPOST 31
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaONEONTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Prindle: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gensman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Raymond SmithStonePast Producer
Bridal Veil PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Raymond Smith PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Skamania 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
Cruzatt0.4 miles16
Saint Cloud2.7 miles16
Molfait Tracts4.3 miles16
Skamania6.5 miles16
North Bonneville10.4 miles14
Moffetts Hot Springs11.6 miles14
Fort Rains13.4 miles14
Stevenson16.3 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on PrindleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989064The 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 1507637. 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.