BlockFive Points, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Waitsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99361. It stands on Little Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kooskooskie quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Kooskooskie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Kooskooskie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,554 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 21 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 1198 - MILL CREEK |
| 8 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MUD CREEK |
| 22 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LEWIS PEAK |
| 22 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOYOTA |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 970 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510972. 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.