Willard, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson-Underwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98605. It stands on Lava Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Willard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Willard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STAG |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUGGIE |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | MOSS |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | LITTLE WHITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Willard: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Broughton Lumber Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooke Grade Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dietderich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill A | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ericson View Tracts | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hood View Tracts | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cook | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hood | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Underwood Heights | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Underwood | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Martins Hot Springs | 9.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Willard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48818123 | 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 1528164. 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.








