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Scotton Corner, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98604. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Battle Ground quadrangle.

Scotton Corner within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Scotton Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning22
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2015Debris and open burning2.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST 50TH AVE
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAKER CREEK RD.
21 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Scotton Corner: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Titanium, Iron. 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
CrawfordStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Finn Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Daybreak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Homan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tebo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotton Corner in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindScotton Corner$5,000Public report of a large tree which had fallen on a house via photo on Facebook. Time estimated from radar.

Every storm 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
Battle Ground West0.9 miles16
Battle Ground1.0 miles16
Meadow Glade1.4 miles16
Kumtux1.8 miles16
Brush Prairie2.4 miles33
Cherry Grove3.0 miles16
Lewisville3.1 miles16
Hockinson3.3 miles23

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 Q122596994The 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 1512648. 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.