Bristol, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98922. It stands on Bristol Flat. The Survey maps it on the Teanaway quadrangle. It stands 1,798 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1897 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt Stuart quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cle Elum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000
- 2003 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Bristol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,429 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSESHOE CANYON |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WENDY'S |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLOOM PLACE |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORRISON CANYON 2 |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORRISON CANYON |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 167 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HAYWARD FIRING RANGE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOPING ROAD |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bristol: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Virden Locality | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Adams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dubinsky Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perry Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Perry Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Sheep Springs Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Yakima River Placer | Gold | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horlick | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Teanaway | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lauderdale Junction | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cle Elum | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| South Cle Elum | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Thorp | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roslyn | 11.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q4968747 | 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 1516962. 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.








