BlockBrooklyn, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Raymond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98537. It stands on Fall River. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1940 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 1995 and 2015, burning about 19 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH RIVER |
| 21 October 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 October 2002 | Smoking | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| 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 1510840. 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.