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Atkinson, Washington

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tahoma-Maple Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98038. The Survey maps it on the Maple Valley quadrangle.

Atkinson within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Atkinson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE SALMON
3 August 2003Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 June 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLANDSBURG
5 May 2017Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLANDSBURG ROAD
19 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLANDSBURG
17 November 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTAYLOR MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Atkinson: 14 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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
Green River Hi-Alumina ClaysAluminumProspect
Preston Expanding ShaleClayOccurrence
CavanaughSilicaPast Producer
Cedar Mountain PropertyStone, Crushed/Broken, SilicaProspect
Cedar Mountain PropertyStone, Crushed/Broken, SilicaProspect
Ravensdale Coal DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravensdale PitSilicaProducer
Ravensdale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WildeSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Dorre Don1.0 miles22
Orchard Grove1.4 miles22
Tahoma1.4 miles22
Arcadia1.9 miles22
Maple Valley1.9 miles22
Wilderness Village2.0 miles22
Noble2.1 miles22
Hobart2.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512916. 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.