BlockForest Beach, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Union-Grapeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98528. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wooten quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1938 USGS Allyn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Lake Wooten quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Lake Wooten quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Forest Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TRAILS END DRIVE |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOLKIEN |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WETLAND |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREENBERG LANE |
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TWANOH FALLS |
| 19 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TREEHOUSE |
| 16 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 Forest Beach: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belair North Shore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cascade Tracts | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Beach | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sunbeach | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Little Hoquiam | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rose Point | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tahuya | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Allyn | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fair Harbor | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grapeview | 6.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1519686. 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.