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Clearbrook, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Sumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98295. It stands on Páatstel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sumas quadrangle.

Clearbrook within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Clearbrook between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBADGER ROAD
7 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTIMON
21 June 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERSIDE PARK
17 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNOLTE RD.
23 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELDRIDGE
14 May 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clearbrook: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, Vanadium. 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
Denny-Renton Clay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hampton PitClayPast Producer
Smith ProspectManganese, VanadiumOccurrenceUnknown
Vogel Farm DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
SmithManganeseUnknown1956
Erickson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Everson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Hampton2.7 miles17
Sumas3.4 miles0
Nooksack3.5 miles17
Everson4.2 miles17
Northwood4.6 miles15
Strandell5.0 miles17
Lynden7.2 miles15
Greenwood7.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510880. 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.