Gray Gables, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Humptulips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on Grass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Copalis Crossing quadrangle.

Gray Gables within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1938 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Copalis Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gray Gables between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 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
Debris and open burning	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Other causes	1
Fireworks	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
22 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
5 August 2019	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BRECKINRIDGE
28 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LOADING RAMP
24 August 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MAIN FIRE #2
8 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HOGAN
6 July 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	101 STUMP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gray Gables: 2 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
	Strand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Grays Harbor City	3.2 miles	12
Burrows	3.3 miles	13
Tulips	4.4 miles	13
Newton	5.3 miles	13
New London	5.3 miles	10
South Arbor	6.5 miles	12
Hoquiam	6.7 miles	12
Woodlawn	6.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511012. 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.