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Glencove, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Key Peninsula-Anderson Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98329. It stands on Vaughn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fox Island quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Glencove within Pierce County

On record in Glencove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Glencove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVICTOR
13 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCARNEY LAKE
11 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVAUGHN CREEK
1 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVICTOR JUNCTION
14 August 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glencove: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
144th St. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Key Center0.6 miles14
Sunshine Beach0.6 miles14
Vaughn1.4 miles13
Sunrise Beach2.6 miles14
Minter2.8 miles14
Forest Beach4.4 miles14
Rosedale4.6 miles14
Home5.1 miles13

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 GlencoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988957The 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 1510992. 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.