Fernwood, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Port Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98367. It stands on Ruby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bremerton West quadrangle.

Fernwood within Kitsap County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1937 USGS Port Orchard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Bremerton West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1994 and 2018, burning about 10 acres in total. None 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
Smoking	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
20 September 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
3 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SUNNY SLOPE
29 August 2002	Smoking	2.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 August 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HIGHWAY 3 WATERSHED
24 July 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SPACE BLANKET
18 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	4.3 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	WERNER RD
15 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	VICTORY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Port Orchard	Clay	Past Producer
Bourn Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Charleston Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Olsen Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pioneer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wilson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Allen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bethel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Holmberg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
I-86 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bethel	1.4 miles	15
East Port Orchard	1.9 miles	13
Port Orchard	2.5 miles	14
Parkwood	2.9 miles	13
Conifer Park	2.9 miles	13
Sherman Heights	2.9 miles	14
Gorst	3.0 miles	14
Wildwood	3.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510966. 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.