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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Morse Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Morse Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LISEL 25 |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swamp Creek | Clay, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Morse Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Port Angeles | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Port Angeles | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Rains Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baublits Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blake Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clallam County | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Danz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R Corner | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Agnew | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Little Oklahoma | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| King Hill | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Port Angeles | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Rena | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Carlsborg | 8.0 miles | 12 |
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 Crane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22083025 | 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 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.






