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Bees Mill, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98320. It stands on Spencer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quilcene quadrangle.

Bees Mill within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bees Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 16 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
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPAYNE
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROTTEN LOGI FIRE
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBANGOR VIEW
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bees Mill: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Davies PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Quilcene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quilcene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit 2926-3.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2849-1.6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quarry 2907-10.4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2909-4.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2926-6.7Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Seal Rock3.7 miles17
Quilcene4.3 miles13
East Quilcene4.5 miles12
Camp Discovery4.7 miles12
Coyle5.2 miles16
Brinnon6.2 miles17
Dabob6.5 miles12
Lackawanna Beach8.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1516378. 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.