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Claquato, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newaukum Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adna quadrangle.

Claquato within Lewis County

On record in Claquato

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 1 record

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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Claquato between 1992 and 2019, burning about 115 acres in total. 2 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersB & D
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBROCKWAY
13 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPINDLE WOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Claquato: 11 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silica. 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
LundSilicaOccurrence
Unnamed PitClayPast Producer
Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bunker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtis Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gillingham PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shorey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Littell1.1 miles15
Adna2.5 miles15
Newaukum2.8 miles17
Chehalis3.1 miles17
Crego (historical)3.7 miles15
Millburn4.3 miles15
Bunker5.3 miles15
Fayette5.3 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 Q122594699The 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 1510879. 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.