B Z Corner, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the White Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98672. It stands on Gilmer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Penny Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Willard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Northwestern Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Northwestern Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of B Z Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 13 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 | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LYON |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STAG |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DRY CREEK |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING CREEK |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BZ |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 830 |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PILE |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TRANSFER STATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of B Z Corner: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names B Z Corner in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Lightning | B Z Corner | - | Two lightning strikes about 15 minutes apart hit two red fir trees outside of a house. The lightning destroyed two telephones and started a small fire in one of the trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Husum | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain Brook | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Laws Corner | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Snowden | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| White Salmon | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Laurel | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bingen | 9.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595547 | 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 1516008. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








