BlockFish Town, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the La Conner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98273. It lies near Dodge Valley. The Survey maps it on the Utsalady quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Utsalady quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Utsalady quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Fish Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOLAHDWH LANE |
| 17 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEAD MAN |
| 11 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHORECREST STRIKE |
| 20 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOPE ISLAND |
| 9 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SNEE-OOSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fish Town: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverson | Nickel, Arsenic | Occurrence | Realgar | |
| Alverson Deposit | Strontium, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Dunlap Towing Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Swinomish Bay | Magnesite, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Skagit County Rd. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Conner | Nickel | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Conner | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Rexville | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Shelter Bay | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Swinomish Village | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Whitney | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fredonia | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Skagit City | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Snee Oosh | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510968. 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.