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Ceres, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bunker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. It stands on Ceres Hill. The Survey maps it on the Boistfort quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.

Ceres within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Ceres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2012Other causes2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUBBARD ROAD
28 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2018Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJORGENSEN ROAD
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSILO
9 August 1999Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACKBERRY FIRE
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRLEUDINGHAUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ceres: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Adna Pit No. 2StonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bunker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtis Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harv Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Meskill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sandman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Ruth1.8 miles15
Meskill2.3 miles15
Mays (historical)2.3 miles15
Curtis2.7 miles15
Bunker3.2 miles15
Fayette3.3 miles15
Millburn3.4 miles15
Klaber3.5 miles15

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 Q27988921The 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 1510868. 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.