BlockChuckanut, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98229. It stands on Chuckanut Island. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bellingham South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Bellingham South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Chuckanut between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LILY LAKE |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CALIFORNIA STREET MAPLE |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACKBERRY YARD |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLAYTON BEACH 2 |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OYSTER CK |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chuckanut: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckanut Bay Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Grandview | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Samish Lake Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Samish Lake Sandstone Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Samish Bay | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilder Const. Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckanut Village | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Edgemoor | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Happy Valley | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| South Bellingham | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fairhaven | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeway | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Washington Colony (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bellingham | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122566002 | The 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 1510877. 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.