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Saint Cloud, 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 98648. It lies near Skamania Island. The Survey maps it on the Multnomah Falls quadrangle.

Saint Cloud 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Saint Cloud between 1992 and 2020, burning about 763 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks5
Smoking2
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 HeadquartersMP 15
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKUFFLER
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaAINSWORTH
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaPARK

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 Saint Cloud: 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bridal Veil PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dodson SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Cruzatt2.4 miles16
Prindle2.7 miles16
Skamania3.8 miles16
Molfait Tracts6.4 miles16
North Bonneville7.8 miles14
Moffetts Hot Springs8.9 miles14
Fort Rains10.8 miles14
Stevenson13.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1509941. 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.