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Camp Orkila, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98245. It lies near Freeman Island. The Survey maps it on the Eastsound quadrangle.

Camp Orkila within San Juan 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Camp Orkila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCROW VALLEY
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesBONNIE BRAE
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSEAVIEW
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesCLAY FARM RD
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 2003Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Camp Orkila: 12 past producers, 11 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcgraw-Kittinger DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alaska Barge Co. QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Sucia Island QuarriesFlagstonePast Producer
Sea Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buck Mountain Deposit No. 1Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Camp Indralaya DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Double Hill Deposit No. 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Beach Haven0.8 miles12
West Beach1.3 miles12
Eastsound2.0 miles12
Dolphin3.8 miles12
Buckhorn3.9 miles12
West Sound4.9 miles12
Rosario5.0 miles12
Waldron5.1 miles11

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 Q122547115The 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 1512061. 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.