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Camp Discovery, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98376. The Survey maps it on the Quilcene quadrangle.

Camp Discovery within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Camp Discovery between 1992 and 2018, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
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 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROTTEN LOGI FIRE
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBANGOR VIEW
14 September 2012Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCENTER FIRE
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Camp Discovery: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Quilcene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quilcene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit 2926-3.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2849-1.6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quarry 2907-10.4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2909-4.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2926-6.7Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Dabob2.5 miles12
East Quilcene3.3 miles12
Quilcene4.4 miles13
Bees Mill4.7 miles12
Bridgehaven5.7 miles14
Shine-Gri-La6.9 miles14
Leland7.4 miles13
Coyle7.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517273. 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.