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Crane, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Port Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98362. It stands on Bagley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morse Creek quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.

Crane within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Crane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 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
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2001Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burning48 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOWERLINE FIRE
8 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLISEL 25
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Crane: 19 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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
Swamp CreekClay, IronOccurrence
Morse Creek PitStonePast Producer
Port AngelesGold, SilverOccurrencePyrite
Port AngelesGold, SilverProspect
Rains PitStonePast Producer
Baublits PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blake Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clallam CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Danz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
R Corner2.6 miles18
Mount Pleasant2.8 miles18
Agnew3.8 miles12
Little Oklahoma4.4 miles18
King Hill5.3 miles18
Port Angeles5.9 miles17
Rena7.2 miles12
Carlsborg8.0 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 CraneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22083025The 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 1518277. 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.