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Chaenn Hill, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98589. It lies near Rocky Prairie. The Survey maps it on the East Olympia quadrangle.

Chaenn Hill within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Chaenn Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Fireworks7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCINTOSH SOUTH
4 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chaenn Hill: 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Army QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hercules QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Western QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Crescent Well PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crowder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maytown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandymere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scatter Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Tenino1.7 miles21
Offutt Lake2.3 miles21
Plumb3.3 miles21
Western Junction3.4 miles21
McIntosh3.8 miles21
Skookumchuck4.3 miles21
Maytown5.3 miles21
South Union5.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510870. 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.