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Bremerton Junction, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98312. It stands on Heins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bremerton West quadrangle.

Bremerton Junction within Kitsap County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bremerton Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAGLE ROCK
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2008Smoking4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIO
30 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLIMBING WALL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Bremerton Junction: 18 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt, Tungsten, Tin, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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
ChicoTungsten, Tin, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Elmer Nelson PropertyCobaltUnknown
Green Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Kitsap QuarryStoneProducer
Port OrchardClayPast Producer
Bourn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charleston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pioneer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ace Paving Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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
Gorst1.6 miles14
Sunnyslope1.9 miles14
Sherman Heights3.1 miles14
West Park3.7 miles14
Kitsap Lake3.8 miles14
Navy Yard City4.0 miles14
Country Lane4.1 miles14
Jackson Park4.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122569433The 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 1510836. 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.