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Wishram Heights, 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 98673. The Survey maps it on the Wishram quadrangle.

Wishram Heights 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

64 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Wishram Heights between 1993 and 2019, burning about 37,383 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSTONEHENGE
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaHAYSTACK
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresYakama AgencyMM 95
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCELILO PARK
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wishram Heights: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gemstones MineGemstone, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed SiteGemstone, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Fulton CanyonStonePast Producer
Layman No3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Northwest Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
WilliamsStonePast Producer
Bryant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fulton Canyon PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jasper PitGemstonePast Producer
Jasper PitGemstoneProducer

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
Wishram0.6 miles10
Warwick4.2 miles10
Gooseneck4.7 miles16
Centerville7.2 miles9
Swale8.4 miles13
Maryhill8.7 miles10
Smithville10.1 miles17
Dallesport11.3 miles17

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 Q122597579The 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 1528269. 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.