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Crescent, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on June Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Crescent quadrangle.

Crescent within Clallam County

On record in Crescent

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony27
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National Park8TH SWITCHBACK
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOlympic National ParkL.C.101LOG
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFISHER COVE FIRE
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLYRE RIVER CAMPGROUND
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOlympic National ParkAARRGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Crescent: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Tin, Manganese, Antimony. 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
Bright AngelTin, Manganese, AntimonyPast Producer1941
Handy ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BeansManganeseOccurrence
Blue Ox ClaimManganesePast Producer
Bright AngelManganesePast Producer
Christopher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fielding Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
FirManganeseUnknown1956
Handy ProspectManganeseProspect1958

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
Piedmont0.8 miles15
Ovington3.5 miles15
Disque3.6 miles15
Shadow4.5 miles15
Joyce4.8 miles12
Maple Grove5.5 miles14
Snug Harbor5.7 miles14
Port Crescent6.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1518307. 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.