West Clarkston, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99403. The Survey maps it on the Clarkston quadrangle.
On record in West Clarkston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
C. C. Van Arsdol Houselisted 1975 · 0.2 miles away
US Post Office-Clarkston Mainlisted 1991 · 0.9 miles away
Clarkston Public Librarylisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1945 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Clarkston in 2018, burning about 283 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 283 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | MILE MARKER 319 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of West Clarkston: 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Barnes Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Clarkston Placer | Gold, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Aggregates | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Snake River Placers | Gold, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| McGregor Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clarkston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Clarkston | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vineland | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clarkston Heights | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Asotin | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jerry | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Silcott | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Grahams Landing | 14.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122542439 | 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 2413681. 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.






