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Vision Acres, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rose Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98626. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kalama quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Vision Acres within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Vision Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILL STREET
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOWL CREEK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEMERALD 2
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI RD #1
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Vision Acres: 24 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Babler Bros.StonePast Producer
Bob Walker PitStonePast Producer
Columbia West QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Mount 5640 QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Babler Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Headquarters Rd. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kalama QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Memorial Park Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rainier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cowlitz 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
Carrolls1.1 miles13
Longview Junction1.6 miles12
Rose Valley2.3 miles13
Davis Terrace3.6 miles11
Kelso4.6 miles11
West Kelso5.0 miles11
Longview5.1 miles11
Monticello (historical)5.1 miles11

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 Q17199140The 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 1512765. 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.