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Sleepy Hollow, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Skamokawa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98647. It stands on Brooks Slough. The Survey maps it on the Skamokawa quadrangle.

Sleepy Hollow within Wahkiakum County

On record in Sleepy Hollow

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

8 surveys from 14 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

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
17 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters630
10 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBROOKFIELD EAST
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAstoria DistrictALDRICH POINT 12-018
6 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST VALLEY
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVISTA PARK SHOP
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 July 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wahkiakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Adams QuarryStonePast Producer
Mcnally QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wahkiakum 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
Skamokawa0.3 miles14
Brookfield (historical)5.8 miles14
Cathlamet6.1 miles15
East Cathlamet7.0 miles15
State Camp7.1 miles15
Dahlia8.6 miles14
Carlson Landing9.6 miles16
Grays River10.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511322. 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.