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Straight Point, 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 98605. The Survey maps it on the White Salmon quadrangle.

Straight Point within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Straight Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,917 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 14 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use39
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Recreation and ceremony27
Smoking26
Fireworks18
Natural17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Arson/incendiarism14
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 1998Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitSTATE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROWENA CREEK
8 September 2003Smoking4.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND
8 September 1998Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaMOSIER EAST
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMOSIER EAST
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCATHERINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Straight Point: 36 past producers, 16 producers, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Klickitat Co. PitsStone, DimensionPast Producer
Cove Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickinson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
George Property QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Koberg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marsh PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Dalles PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Bingen3.8 miles15
Laws Corner4.2 miles15
White Salmon5.2 miles15
Lyle5.8 miles16
Mountain Brook6.5 miles15
Klickitat Heights7.0 miles15
Husum8.5 miles15
Snowden9.6 miles15

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 Q122598185The 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 1511339. 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.