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Boston Harbor, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Olympia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98506. The Survey maps it on the Squaxin Island quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Boston Harbor within Thurston County

On record in Boston Harbor

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Boston Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Fireworks4
Smoking2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGALLAGHER COVE
6 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGULL HARBOR
11 September 1993Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boston Harbor: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quarry 2849-4.1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
29th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ames Huntly Road 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
Edgewater Beach1.9 miles16
Rignall2.2 miles16
North Olympia2.7 miles18
Carlyon Beach3.5 miles16
Gravelly Beach4.1 miles18
Sunset Beach4.6 miles18
South Bay5.0 miles18
Elizan Beach5.3 miles10

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 Boston HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q720011The 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 1512019. 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.