Snowden, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the White Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98672. The Survey maps it on the Appleton quadrangle.

Snowden within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Husum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Snowden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 burning	24
Recreation and ceremony	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	4
Other causes	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	RIVER VISTA
9 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
5 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MT BERG
22 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
13 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MILL CREEK
12 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat 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 Snowden: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
White Salmon	Clay, Aluminum	Prospect
Appleton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Klickitat Heights	3.8 miles	15
Mountain Brook	4.2 miles	15
Appleton	4.6 miles	15
Gilmer	6.5 miles	15
Laws Corner	6.6 miles	15
Husum	7.4 miles	15
Laurel	7.8 miles	14
B Z Corner	8.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1526041. 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.