BlockDriftwood Acres, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98940. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cle Elum Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Snoqualmie quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Kachess Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Cle Elum Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Cle Elum Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Driftwood Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SANDSTONE ROAD |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TUMBLE CREEK |
| 10 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 71 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | EASTON |
| 10 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Driftwood Acres: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Cle Elum | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Jonesville No. 2 Mine Dump | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Roslyn-Cascade Mine Dump | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Alpine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Nelson Siding Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Venera 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1529391. 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.