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Grisdale, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Montesano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98563. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grisdale quadrangle.

Grisdale within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Grisdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlympic National ForestSCATTER CREEK
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestWYNOOCHEE #3
9 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestWYNOOCHEE #2
24 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOlympic National ForestGRISDALE
19 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestFIELD
31 July 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 July 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestSCATTER CREEK
11 July 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestSPOON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor 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 Grisdale: 10 occurrences, 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
A.E. GrahamManganeseUnknown1956
A.E. Graham ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Fosberg ClaimManganeseOccurrence
FossburgManganeseUnknown1956
Grays Harbor TitleManganeseOccurrence
Grays Harbor TitleManganeseUnknown1956
Hydman ClaimManganeseOccurrence
HyndmanManganeseUnknown1956
KnowlesManganeseOccurrence1956
PolsonManganeseUnknown1956

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Weatherwax1.8 miles11
Norwood14.0 miles10
Quinault14.5 miles10
Neilton14.7 miles11
Amanda Park16.2 miles11
Wishkah18.5 miles10
Nisson19.6 miles10
Humptulips20.3 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122551205The 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 1520362. 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.