Burton, Washington

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Vashon Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98070. It stands on Judd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vashon quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.

Burton within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
1949 USGS Vashon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Burien quadrangle1:25000
1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Vashon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Burton in 2001, burning about 40 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
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	40 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Burton: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ellisport Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Maury Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Maury Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Maury Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pohl Pit - Div. 10	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tjomsland Pit-Div 10	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Shawnee	1.1 miles	23
Dockton	1.2 miles	24
Magnolia Beach	1.3 miles	23
Portage	1.8 miles	23
Mileta	1.8 miles	23
Harbor Heights	2.0 miles	24
Shore Acres	2.4 miles	24
Ellisport	2.5 miles	23

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 Burton	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476295	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 1512054. 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.