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Brennan, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98248. The Survey maps it on the Ferndale quadrangle.

Brennan within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Brennan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 39 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 ceremony23
Debris and open burning13
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
24 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD
2 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTUART RD
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEXIT 266
3 August 1994Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SQUALICUM PIER
29 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSQUALICUM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom 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 Brennan: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Diatomite, Bentonite. 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
Brennan PitBentonitePast Producer
Ferndale DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Laurel Bog Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Clarkson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Polinder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Ferndale2.3 miles13
Marietta2.6 miles13
Lummi3.3 miles13
Alderwood3.7 miles13
Birchwood4.3 miles13
Laurel4.5 miles17
Parkview5.2 miles17
Bellingham5.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510837. 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.