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Greenwood, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Ferndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98264. The Survey maps it on the Lynden quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

Greenwood within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1993 and 2019, burning about 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBADGER ROAD
7 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEAT BOG
22 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAR 2
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWISER LAKE
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters10 MILE
21 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSMOKING POLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 15 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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
Hampton PitClayPast Producer
Sturman and Herringa DepositIronOccurrenceLimonite
Sturman and Herringa DepositIronOccurrence
Bellingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Childers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Devries PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erickson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Everson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gansler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Loomis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Lynden2.3 miles15
Tenmile3.1 miles17
Northwood3.9 miles15
Strandell4.4 miles17
Laurel4.8 miles17
Everson5.3 miles17
Victor5.6 miles17
Hampton5.6 miles17

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 GreenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988966The 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 1511014. 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.