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Rocky Butte, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98812. It lies near Rattlesnake Point. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle.

Rocky Butte within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Butte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 8 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Debris and open burning13
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives 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 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresColville AgencyZAHN ORCHA
30 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresColville AgencyLAGRANGE ROAD
25 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresColville AgencyHIGHWAY 17
24 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyJACK WELLS
21 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColville AgencySQUIRREL FIRE
19 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreColville AgencyBRIDGEPORT
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSpokane DistrictCASTLE ROCK
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyBRIDGEPORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Butte: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
BrewsterStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cassimer Bar PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Cassimer Bar PlacerGoldUnknown
Shotwell PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Shotwell PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Shotwell PlacerGoldUnknown
Corps of Engineers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
FreerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heintz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Downing1.0 miles11
Bridgeport3.5 miles11
Dyer6.9 miles7
Brandts Landing8.0 miles11
Howard13.0 miles7
Nilles Corner15.4 miles10
Mud Spring16.9 miles6
Mansfield17.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510277. 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.