BlockBay City, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Westport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98520. It stands on Beardslee Slough. The Survey maps it on the Grayland quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Grayland quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Grayland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Westport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Bay City between 1992 and 2017, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PLUM ST |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG STUMP |
| 19 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TWIN HARBORS |
| 18 August 1998 | 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:
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 Bay City: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | ||
| Sand 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.
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 Bay City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988891 | 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 1503208. 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.