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Agnew, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agnew-Carlsborg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98362. The Survey maps it on the Carlsborg quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Agnew within Clallam County

On record in Agnew

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Agnew between 1992 and 2019, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural3
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2001Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERVIEW
3 September 1997Debris and open burning48 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOAD ROAD #2
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOAD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Agnew: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rains PitStonePast Producer
Swamp CreekClay, IronOccurrence
Blake Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Christie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clallam CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jim West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindsay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lotzgazelle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Round Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
R Corner1.6 miles18
Rena3.5 miles12
Crane3.8 miles18
Carlsborg4.2 miles12
King Hill4.9 miles18
Little Oklahoma5.3 miles18
Old Town6.0 miles8
Mount Pleasant6.6 miles18

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 AgnewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475332The 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 1515753. 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.