BlockBlanchard, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98232. It stands on Whitehall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1918 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bow quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Bow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Blanchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LILY LAKE |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLAYTON BEACH 2 |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OYSTER CK |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HANG GLIDER |
| 2 September 1995 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HILINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Blanchard: 11 producers, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whatcom Skagit Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Whatcom and Skagit Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Alger | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Friday Creek | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Alger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Curry-Eerks-Johnson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jim Hoy Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lang S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blanchard in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2021 | Flood | Blanchard | 1 killed, $3,000,000 | Flooding of minor category occurred on the Skagit and Samish Rivers, as well as other streams and urban areas. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1516643. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.