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Bunker, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bunker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adna quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.

Bunker within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Bunker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersB & D
28 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBROCKWAY
13 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2018Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJORGENSEN ROAD
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSILO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bunker: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Silica. 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
Adna Pit No. 2StonePast Producer
LundSilicaOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bunker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtis Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harv Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Fayette0.2 miles15
Millburn1.4 miles15
Ruth2.6 miles15
Meskill2.9 miles15
Adna3.1 miles15
Ceres3.2 miles15
Mays (historical)3.2 miles15
Curtis4.0 miles15

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 Q105069318The 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 1510847. 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.