BlockWoodruff Mill, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98670. It lies near Long Butte. The Survey maps it on the Klickitat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Klickitat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Woodruff Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,358 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | 720 |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAW |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Natural | 7.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKOOKUM 2 |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BEEKS CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klickitat | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Klickitat Springs | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wahkiacus | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pitt | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Appleton | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Swale | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Klickitat Heights | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Snowden | 11.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1528302. 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.