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Greenbank, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98253. It sits by Pratts Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Freeland quadrangle. It stands 60 feet above sea level.

Greenbank within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Greenbank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks4
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLASSIC 12
16 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 1993Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 1994Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKEMPTON PLACE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenbank: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenbank Sand & GravelREEProducer
Christie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Baby Island Heights2.7 miles14
Beverly Beach4.1 miles14
Saratoga Shores4.2 miles11
Indian Beach5.3 miles11
Keystone5.5 miles10
Bells Beach5.7 miles14
Camano5.7 miles11
Saratoga5.9 miles14

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 GreenbankAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473655The 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 1505281. 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.