BlockAxford, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Humptulips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on Axford Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Humptulips quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Humptulips quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Humptulips quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Humptulips quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Axford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUMPTULIPS 1 |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HENSEL 1 |
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OAK TREE |
| 3 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POULSEN CAMP |
| 24 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Smoking | 12 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Axford: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Rock Pit 5200-5216 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Moclips Placer | REE, Platinum, Gold, Chromium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry 5204.84 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hathaway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humptulips Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humptulips | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Carlisle | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Copalis Crossing | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle East | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle West | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Onslow | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nisson | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| New London | 9.5 miles | 10 |
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 Axford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988886 | The 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 1530570. 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.