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Blue Ridge, Washington

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Seattle census division. It stands on Venema Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seattle North quadrangle.

Blue Ridge within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blue Ridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Richmond Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Crown Hill0.5 miles32
Whittier Heights0.7 miles31
North Beach0.9 miles32
Greenwood1.1 miles31
Loyal Heights1.3 miles32
North Park1.4 miles31
Broadview1.6 miles31
Metum1.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1509816. 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.

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.