BlockBuckeye, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99005. The Survey maps it on the Mead quadrangle. It stands 1,663 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
378 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 96 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 49 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORA'S LAST |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WILD ROSE |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | REGAL FIELD |
| 5 September 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLOVER PARK CAMEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 24 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Manganese, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartford | Manganese | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| Denison | Mica, Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Evergreen Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mead | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Building Supplies, Inc. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Spokane Area Clay Deposits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bpa Mead | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curkeet 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hamann Corner | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chattaroy | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dartford | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mead | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Green Bluff | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fairwood | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Denison | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Buckeye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988915 | 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 1510844. 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.