Burrows, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Humptulips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on Burg Slough. The Survey maps it on the Copalis Crossing quadrangle.

Burrows within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1938 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Copalis Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Burrows between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
1 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	930
6 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	COPALIS CROSSING
31 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	GRUMPY STUMP
26 August 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Burrows: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Borrow Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
5250 Deep Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
A & M Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Strand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tulips	1.1 miles	13
Newton	2.0 miles	13
Gray Gables	3.3 miles	13
Copalis Crossing	3.9 miles	13
New London	5.8 miles	10
Grays Harbor City	6.4 miles	12
Carlisle East	6.8 miles	13
Sampson	6.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510851. 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.