BlockEthel, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ethel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98570. The Survey maps it on the Onalaska quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Willapa quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Onalaska quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Onalaska quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Ethel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ALPHA RD |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TIN MAN |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LARMON RD |
| 20 September 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ethel: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salkum Pit | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcquiggs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Onalaska Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
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 Ethel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473550 | The 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 1519385. 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.