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Skamania, 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 stands on Duncan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Multnomah Falls quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Skamania 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Skamania between 1992 and 2020, burning about 791 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes3
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/undetermined3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters1430
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
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEVERGREEN
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
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILEPOST 31

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Skamania: 11 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Moffett's Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bonneville DamStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dodson SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Saint Cloud3.8 miles16
North Bonneville4.0 miles14
Moffetts Hot Springs5.2 miles14
Cruzatt6.2 miles16
Prindle6.5 miles16
Fort Rains7.0 miles14
Stevenson9.9 miles14
Molfait Tracts10.1 miles16

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 SkamaniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7533879The 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 1508378. 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.