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Discovery Bay, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98368. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uncas quadrangle.

Discovery Bay within Jefferson County

On record in Discovery Bay

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

7 surveys from 13 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

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Discovery Bay between 1993 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST RADAR
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters600
30 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLEAVER
28 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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Discovery Bay: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hastings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Uncas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Uncas0.5 miles13
Maynard0.7 miles13
Discovery Junction0.9 miles12
Fairmont1.4 miles12
Port Discovery2.4 miles11
Eaglemount2.6 miles12
Woodmans3.6 miles11
Gardiner4.3 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 Discovery BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5281867The 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 1530336. 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.