Austin, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98249. It sits by Double Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Hansville quadrangle.

Austin within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1937 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Hansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Hansville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1992 and 2016, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning	13
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Fireworks	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	DRIFTWOOD
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
23 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LONE LAKE RD
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
18 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CLASSIC 12
1 September 1993	Other causes	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 August 2009	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MINOR CAMP
4 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Useless Bay	Diatomite	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Island 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Harbor Center	1.4 miles	14
Freeland	1.4 miles	14
Sunlight Beach	3.2 miles	25
Bay View	4.3 miles	14
Beverly Beach	5.0 miles	14
Maxwelton	6.3 miles	25
Midvale Corner	6.5 miles	25
Saratoga	6.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511975. 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.