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Green River, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98092. It stands on Newaukum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Diamond quadrangle.

Green River within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Green River between 1992 and 2012, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersG.R.C.C.
3 August 1997Fireworks3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePuget Sound AgencySTARR
19 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 July 1994Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 July 1994Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 July 1994Fireworksunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyFIREWORK
24 April 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Green River: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Black Diamond Coal DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
DobroffIronOccurrence
Kummer DepositAluminumProspect
Black DiamondArsenicProspect
Green RiverArsenicProspect
Auburn Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Covington Pit - Iddings Farm SvceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flintstone Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Newaukum2.3 miles24
Lake Morton2.5 miles24
One Hundred One Pines3.0 miles24
Wynaco3.3 miles23
Wabash3.6 miles29
Kummer3.6 miles24
Morganville4.0 miles24
Berrydale4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511013. 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.