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Proebstel, Washington

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98682. It stands on Fifth Plain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lacamas Creek quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.

Proebstel within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Proebstel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters243RD AVE
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters232ND AVE
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2017Debris and open burning4.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters91ST STREET
15 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACK GRASS
6 August 2001Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters58 FORD
25 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Proebstel: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Brush Prairie PlacerGold, Titanium, IronProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanna FarmClayProspect
ImageClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Homan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Livingston QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marrion PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Mill Plain1.9 miles23
Livingston2.4 miles23
Sifton2.6 miles33
Evergreen3.8 miles33
Burton3.9 miles33
Orchards4.2 miles33
Little Elkhorn4.4 miles23
Union4.6 miles33

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 ProebstelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989065The 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 1524654. 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.