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Towal, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Goldendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98620. The Survey maps it on the Luna Gulch quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Towal within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Towal between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,178 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined8
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOAK FLAT 2
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOAK FLAT
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined292 acresPrineville District0501 THE NOOK
23 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersINDIANA
14 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresPrineville District0179
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOAK FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Towal: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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) Goldendale Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Thompson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Goodnoe5.4 miles10
Pleasant Valley5.8 miles10
Goodnoe Hills6.6 miles11
Bates9.9 miles12
Maryhill12.0 miles10
Goldendale12.5 miles9
Sundale15.3 miles12
Dot15.8 miles12

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 Q27989090The 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 1511375. 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.