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Artic, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the North River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98537. It stands on Little North River. The Survey maps it on the Central Park quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.

Artic within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Artic between 1993 and 2015, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 2014Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHARLIE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor 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 Artic: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Newskah QuarryStonePast Producer
Central Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Charmin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arctic QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lund 15 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mayr Newskah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newshak Lower 5.11Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newskah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newskah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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
Cosmopolis5.6 miles9
Central Park5.9 miles14
Melbourne6.1 miles14
Junction City6.5 miles9
Alder Grove6.6 miles14
Aberdeen Junction6.7 miles9
South Aberdeen7.2 miles9
South Montesano7.5 miles14

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 ArticAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657746The 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 1510790. 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.