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Rogersburg, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Asotin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99402. It stands on Grande Ronde River. The Survey maps it on the Limekiln Rapids quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Rogersburg within Asotin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rogersburg between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,166 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1,181 acresCottonwood Field OfficeGOOSE RAPIDS
24 August 2000Natural20 acresVale DistrictWILD GOOSE
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictNAT OUT 3
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresIdaho Department of LandsMADDEN CREEK
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVER ROAD
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesBILLY CREEK
15 July 2017Natural1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Asotin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Rogersburg: 13 prospects, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Limestone, General, Tungsten. 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
Billy Creek Pumicite OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Chimney Creek Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Gold LeafGold, SilverOccurrence
Goldfield Numbers 1 and 3Copper, Silver, GoldProspect
Joseph CreekTungstenUnknown
Lime Hill ProspectsLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Lime Point Limestone DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer1875
Mammoth CopperCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Prospect No. 40Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Asotin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogersburg in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. 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
June 2011HailRogersburg-A severe thunderstorm moved into Asotin County from northeast Oregon during the late afternoon or early evening hours. The public reported hail stones up to the size of golf balls as the storm moved over Montgomery Ridge.

Every storm recorded in Asotin 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
Zindel (historical)2.8 miles10
Craige4.6 miles10
Theon (historical)8.1 miles10
Anatone9.0 miles12
Grahams Landing9.9 miles9
Jerry18.3 miles11
Asotin18.4 miles11
Cloverland18.6 miles12

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 RogersburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989071The 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 1511268. 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.