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Bordeaux, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Olympia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98512. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Littlerock quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bordeaux within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Bordeaux (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 409 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning33
Recreation and ceremony25
Fireworks10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Other causes2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNBREAK FIRE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined268 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIMA ROAD
8 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLYMPIC PEAK
4 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE WADDELL
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersD4010 AGAIN
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHERMAN POWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bordeaux (historical): 7 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
Jamerson Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mima PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mima PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tallheimer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vincent PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Mima2.2 miles14
Littlerock3.3 miles14
Rochester5.1 miles14
Peterson Corner5.3 miles14
Helsing Junction6.5 miles14
Delphi6.7 miles14
Maytown7.2 miles21
Essex7.4 miles14

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 Bordeaux (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988908The 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 1511610. 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.