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Russell Landing, Washington

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Vancouver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98664. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tabor quadrangle.

Russell Landing within Clark County

On record in Russell Landing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Russell Landing between 1992 and 2012, burning about 7,538 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters15TH MAPLE
13 July 2001Natural7,500 acresPrineville DistrictSTARVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Russell Landing: 31 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Limestone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Hidden Brick CoClayPast Producer
WildeClayPast Producer
City of Portland PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Image0.2 miles33
McLoughlin1.0 miles33
Ellsworth1.1 miles33
McLoughlin Heights1.5 miles33
Burton Homes2.6 miles33
Burton3.2 miles33
Evergreen3.3 miles33
Officers Row4.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122541176The 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 1511280. 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.