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Eastsound, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98245. It lies near Double Hill. The Survey maps it on the Eastsound quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.

Eastsound within San Juan County

On record in Eastsound

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Eastsound between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCROW VALLEY
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesBONNIE BRAE
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSEAVIEW
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 2003Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSHADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Eastsound: 13 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcgraw-Kittinger DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Orcas IslandClayPast Producer
Sucia Island QuarriesFlagstonePast Producer
Sea Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buck Mountain Deposit No. 1Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Camp Indralaya DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Double Hill Deposit No. 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Camp Orkila2.0 miles12
Buckhorn2.0 miles12
Beach Haven2.4 miles12
West Beach2.8 miles12
Dolphin3.1 miles12
Rosario3.7 miles12
West Sound5.3 miles12
Olga6.5 miles13

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 EastsoundAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q282930The 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 1513104. 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.