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Barneston, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98051. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Barneston within King County

On record in Barneston

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Barneston between 1993 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes1

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
5 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE SALMON
21 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters31400 COURTNEY RD
12 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE FORK
26 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters444TH FIRE
22 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters7722 ABANDON CAMPFIRE
21 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLANDSBURG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Barneston: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Elk PitClayPast Producer
TaylorClayPast Producer
Durham Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Kanaskat Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Kangley Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Seattle Road 10 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Seattle Road 50 Main PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kanaskat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Bagley Junction0.9 miles14
Selleck0.9 miles14
Kangley2.0 miles13
Snoose Junction2.3 miles14
Trude3.4 miles13
Durham3.8 miles13
Kanaskat Junction4.2 miles13
Kerriston4.6 miles14

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 BarnestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995361The 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 1516151. 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.