Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
From the record
“Skamokawa is an unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. Skamokawa Valley, a census-designated place (CDP), lies directly to the north.”
Wikipedia article Skamokawa, Washington, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Wahkiakum County · listed in 1976 · category: District.
National Register reference number.76001923- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
14 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Skamokawa Historic District
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined
5
Arson/incendiarism
3
Debris and open burning
2
Natural
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Other causes
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
17 September 2005
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
630
10 September 2005
Natural
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
BROOKFIELD EAST
1 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Astoria District
ALDRICH POINT 12-018
6 August 2014
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5.0 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
EAST VALLEY
29 August 2020
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
VISTA PARK SHOP
14 August 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
24 July 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
23 July 2003
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for the Columbia White Tailed Deer
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Skamokawa Historic District: 2 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.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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