BlockBlue Canyon, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98284. It stands on Brannian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Whatcom quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1952 USGS Lake Whatcom quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Blue Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORNING BEACH |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PAPER |
| 7 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOUISE INSPECTOR |
| 31 August 1995 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Blue Canyon: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alger | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Whatcom and Skagit Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Lake Whatcom Sandstone Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Reed Lake | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Washington Crushers Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Whatcom Skagit Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lang S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Dump Truck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror Lake | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wickersham | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Doran | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Acme | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sudden Valley | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saxon | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Comar | 5.2 miles | 12 |
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 Blue Canyon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988902 | 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 1510828. 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.