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Eaglemount, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98368. The Survey maps it on the Center quadrangle.

Eaglemount within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Eaglemount between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG ROCK 14
15 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersO-1000 PIT
1 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2005Missing 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Eaglemount: 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Chimacum ValleyIronProspect
Chimacum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hastings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thomas 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
Fairmont1.8 miles12
Discovery Junction2.1 miles12
Uncas2.2 miles13
Maynard2.6 miles13
Discovery Bay2.6 miles13
Port Discovery3.2 miles11
Woodmans3.3 miles11
Chimacum5.1 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122552589The 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 1519063. 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.