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Burnett, Washington

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Buckley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98321. It stands on Wilkeson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Burnett within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Burnett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning13
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters156TH SREET
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeWHITE FIRE
5 September 1997Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPRAIRIE CARBON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Burnett: 14 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone. 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
Walker QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Burlington Northern QuarryStonePast Producer
Carbon Ridge BlowdownStonePast Producer
Clearwest-Westfork PitStonePast Producer
Road 0602 Pit 1818StonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gregg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce 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
Cascade Junction1.6 miles29
Wilkeson1.7 miles26
Buckley2.6 miles29
South Prairie2.7 miles29
Carbonado3.4 miles26
Prairie Ridge5.3 miles28
Ponderosa Estates6.1 miles28
Rhododendron Park6.1 miles28

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 BurnettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471899The 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 1517117. 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.