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Blakeslee Junction, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centralia-Chehalis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98531. It lies near Davis Hill. The Survey maps it on the Centralia quadrangle.

Blakeslee Junction within Lewis County

On record in Blakeslee Junction

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Blakeslee Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 2 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1997Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCATTER FIRE
22 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Blakeslee Junction: 17 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
CentraliaSilicaOccurrence
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BrownClayPast Producer
Gillingham PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayPast Producer
Apple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bernobich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Centralia Pit & Plant No. 64Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Foron Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grand Mound Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Fords Prairie0.8 miles17
Centralia1.7 miles17
Wabash2.3 miles17
Galvin2.8 miles15
Chehalis5.1 miles17
Nulls Crossing6.3 miles15
Claquato6.7 miles15
Newaukum7.4 miles17

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 Q122569357The 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 1510827. 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.