BlockBow, 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. The Survey maps it on the Bow quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
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
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Bow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 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 |
| 9 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.7 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOW HILL |
| 9 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Bow: 14 unknowns, 13 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dept. of Highways | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Alger | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Friday Creek | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Belleville | Manganese | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Belleville Property | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Alger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Belleville | 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.
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 Bow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3456962 | 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 1516880. 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.