BlockBaby Island Heights, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98260. It lies near Baby Island. The Survey maps it on the Freeland quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Coupeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Freeland quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Freeland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Baby Island Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 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 | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | 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 |
| 17 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baby Island Heights: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: REE, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Greenbank Sand & Gravel | REE | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Beach | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Greenbank | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Saratoga Shores | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bells Beach | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saratoga | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Beach | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Camp Diana | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bretland | 5.4 miles | 14 |
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 Baby Island Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4838327 | 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 1511977. 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.