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Warwick, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98613. It lies near Centerville Valley. The Survey maps it on the Wishram quadrangle. It stands 1,558 feet above sea level.

Warwick within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Warwick between 1998 and 2018, burning about 26,735 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaHAYSTACK
9 August 2008Natural52 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSWALE CANYON
5 August 1998Smoking5.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWISHRAM EAST
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use270 acresYakama AgencyWISHRAM
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution11,008 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWISHRAM 2
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCOLEFIELD
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Warwick: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bryant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Layman No3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Northwest Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed 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
Gooseneck1.7 miles16
Wishram Heights4.2 miles10
Swale4.6 miles13
Wishram4.8 miles10
Centerville5.4 miles9
Blockhouse8.7 miles9
Wahkiacus8.9 miles13
Klickitat Springs9.3 miles13

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 Q27989108The 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 1527817. 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.