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Chimacum, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98339. It lies near West Valley. The Survey maps it on the Port Townsend South quadrangle. It stands 113 feet above sea level.

Chimacum within Jefferson County

On record in Chimacum

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Chimacum between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning14
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
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
26 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG ROCK 14
2 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLEAVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chimacum: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Iron. 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
Chimacum ValleyIronProspect
IrondaleDiatomiteOccurrence
Chimacum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crown Zellerbach Hadlock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hadlock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hastings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hunt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irondale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Puget Sound Surfacers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Port Hadlock1.5 miles11
Irondale2.2 miles11
Woodmans3.4 miles11
Four Corners3.8 miles11
Adelma Beach4.1 miles11
Tukey4.9 miles11
Port Discovery4.9 miles11
Nordland5.0 miles12

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 ChimacumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474386The 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 1517710. 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.