BlockGalena, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98251. It stands on Howard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monte Cristo quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 17 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.
- 1902 USGS Skykomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Skykomish quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Monte Cristo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Galena between 1998 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | DRUNKIN YOKELS |
| 3 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BLUE SHOE |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LOWER TROUT |
| 5 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | SKOOKUM TRAILHEAD |
| 30 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | SNACKY CAKE |
| 30 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | CHEESY POOF |
| 22 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKYCO 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 251 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 251 workings within 5 miles of Galena: 117 prospects, 93 occurrences, 25 past producers, 15 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | Gold, Graphite, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Armament Prospect | Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Blue Bird | Gold, Silver, Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Blue Canyon | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Bluebell | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Bluebell Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Broken Ridge | Zinc, Molybdenum, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Broken Ridge Prospect | Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Silica, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Cascade | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Copper Chief | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | 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.
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 Galena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30623388 | 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 1519869. 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.