BlockUpper Salmon Junction, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98638. The Survey maps it on the Rosburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1940 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rosburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Upper Salmon Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALMON CREEK |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALMON CREEK 5000 |
| 27 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEEP RIVER |
| 3 August 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Upper Salmon Junction: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| O'Conner Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naselle | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Frankfort | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Knappton | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Megler | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| McGowan | 11.8 miles | 18 | |
| Middle Nemah | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chinook | 12.5 miles | 17 | |
| North Nemah | 12.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122573403 | The 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 1511386. 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.