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Bayne Junction, Washington

13 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. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Bayne Junction within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Bayne Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 334 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKUZAK RD
29 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREEN RIVER GORGE
21 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters31400 COURTNEY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Bayne Junction: 12 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic. 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
Franklin ArsenicArsenic, SilverProspect
Royal Reward MineMercury, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1875, 1957
Franklin Silica SandSilicaProspect
Ravensdale PitSilicaProducer
Blum PitClayPast Producer
Byrd ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Cardinal Reward MineMercury, ArsenicOccurrence1958
Elk PitClayPast Producer
Palmer PitClayPast Producer
Black DiamondArsenicProspect

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
Bayne0.4 miles13
Palmer Junction1.2 miles13
Palmer1.3 miles13
Kanaskat1.6 miles13
Cumberland1.6 miles13
Naco2.0 miles13
Kanaskat Junction2.3 miles13
Franklin2.3 miles13

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 Bayne JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54824529The 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 1516204. 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.