BlockBay View, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98260. The Survey maps it on the Langley quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Langley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Bay View between 1992 and 2016, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LABYRINTH |
| 6 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DRIFTWOOD |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | 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 |
| 17 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bay View: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useless Bay | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Veit Asphalt Pit & Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunlight Beach | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Midvale Corner | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Harbor Center | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Freeland | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Langley | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Austin | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saratoga | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beverly Beach | 4.6 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 Bay View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4874992 | 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 1530802. 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.