BlockFirdale, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Willapa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98577. The Survey maps it on the Lebam quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lebam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Firdale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GOAT MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | MC100 |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MALLIS LANDING |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MC LANDING |
| 11 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BULLARD RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Firdale: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Upper Skookum Claim | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Holcomb 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.
| Wikidata item Q113484637 | 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 1510967. 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.