BlockBerry Patch, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Big Bottom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98361. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton Buttes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1926 USGS Steamboat Mtn quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1931 USGS Steamboat Mtn quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hamilton Buttes quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Hamilton Buttes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Berry Patch between 1993 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | LINCOLN |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | GOAT RIDGE |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | THREE |
| 10 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | 726 |
| 4 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 27 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | GOAT CREEK |
| 25 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | BLAZER |
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 Berry Patch: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Nickel, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Rocks | Copper, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Nickel, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | 1939 | |
| Hugo Lake Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Out-Of Gas Group | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packwood | 12.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cora | 14.7 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Brook | 20.8 miles | 23 | |
| Siler | 21.5 miles | 23 | |
| Vance (not official) | 22.0 miles | 23 | |
| Randle | 23.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cispus | 31.6 miles | 16 | |
| Glenoma | 33.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562700 | 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 1516444. 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.