BlockBoylston, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98926. The Survey maps it on the Boylston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Boylston quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Boylston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Boylston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Boylston quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Boylston between 1999 and 2019, burning about 72,272 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 269 acres | Spokane District | JOHNSON CANYON |
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 354 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POISON SPRINGS |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILEPOST 124 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71,209 acres | Spokane District | BOYLSTON |
| 1 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 192 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RYEGRASS |
| 3 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 147 acres | Spokane District | CORRAL |
| 3 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILE POST 16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boylston: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510834. 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.