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Elizan Beach, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Olympia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98502. The Survey maps it on the Squaxin Island quadrangle.

Elizan Beach within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Elizan Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGALLAGHER COVE
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersORGANIC
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremony23 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters41ST AVE
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLD OLYMPIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elizan Beach: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kramer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Gravelly Beach2.5 miles18
Sunrise Beach3.1 miles18
Sunset Beach3.3 miles18
Schneiders Prairie3.5 miles10
Edgewater Beach4.0 miles16
Madrona Beach4.0 miles10
Carlyon Beach4.8 miles16
Rignall4.8 miles16

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 Q122540218The 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 1530300. 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.