BlockFort Casey, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Central Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98239. The Survey maps it on the Coupeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Coupeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Coupeville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Fort Casey between 1992 and 2018, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 1994 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fort Casey: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbank Sand & Gravel | REE | Producer | ||
| Christie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coupeville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Good Beach Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harrington Lagoon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Island County Road Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keystone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Libbey-Didco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Penn Cove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Prairie Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Ferry Landing | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ebeys Landing | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Keystone | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie Center | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset Terrace | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dean Manor | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Coupeville | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Port Arthur (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fort Casey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q261208 | 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 1534139. 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.