BlockClipper, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98244. It stands on Tinling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deming quadrangle. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1919 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Deming quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Clipper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 1995 | Fireworks | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | MCKAYCAR |
| 1 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH DYKE TIRE |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | WEXLA |
| 29 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUTCHISON CK |
| 28 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STANDARD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clipper: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes Veneer Inc. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Anderson Creek Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Deming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meuer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clipper in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clipper | $1,000 | Observer reports limbs of 8 to 10 inches diameter blown off trees as the storm went through. Also received half an inch of rainfall and one-eighth inch hail. |
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.
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 Clipper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12889013 | 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 1517866. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.