BlockDoe Bay, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98279. It lies near Doe Island. The Survey maps it on the Mount Constitution quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
On record in Doe 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 1 record
Alderbrook Farmhouselisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Mt Constitution quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Doe Bay between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAGLE LAKE |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLARK IS |
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | POINT LAWRENCE |
| 21 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAGLE CLIFF |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | SHADOW |
| 3 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Doe Bay: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Chromium, Platinum, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Island | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ready Cash Claim | Chromium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Nellie Kelly | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Nellie Kelly Claim | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Ready Cash | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Ready Cash | Chromium | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Chuckanut Lime Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Entrance Mountain Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Flaherty Deposit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Langdon Deposit South Part | Limestone, General | 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.
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 Doe Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5288038 | 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 1511639. 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.