BlockEarl, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99122. The Survey maps it on the Rocklyn SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rocklyn SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Coulee Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Earl between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,354 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLSEN CANYON STRIKE |
| 27 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,178 acres | Spokane District | WALL LAKE |
| 15 July 2017 | Natural | 174 acres | Spokane District | WHITAKER |
| 1 June 2020 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Spokane District | TWIN LAKES |
| 14 October 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane District | RIBAR RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1510925. 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.