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Smithville, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98617. It lies near Stanley Canyon. The Survey maps it on The Dalles North quadrangle.

Smithville within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

101 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 12,454 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined41
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Fireworks8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSHOOTING RANGE
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaRIVER RD
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaGOLF COURSE
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaTHE DALLES MT. ROAD
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDOUGS BEACH
20 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaMOBILE MANOR
14 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEXPLORER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Smithville: 23 past producers, 13 producers, 1 plant. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
(Facility) the Dalles Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Foley LakesStonePast Producer
HarveyStonePast Producer
MartinStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Seven Mile Hill QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Klickitat 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
Murdock1.4 miles17
Dallesport2.3 miles17
Lyle7.3 miles16
Gooseneck8.5 miles16
Swale9.0 miles13
Warwick10.1 miles10
Wishram Heights10.1 miles10
Pitt10.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1525990. 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.