BlockHalford, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98256. It stands on Barclay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Index quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Index quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Index quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Halford between 1993 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BARCLAY LAKE |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE |
| 4 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LAKE SERENE |
| 3 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | SUNSET FALLS |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LOWER TROUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Halford: 36 occurrences, 20 prospects, 15 past producers, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Limestone, General, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite | |
| Anderson | Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Barclay Creek | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Baring Iron Deposit | Iron, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Buckeye | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite | |
| Ellis Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Gunn Peak Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Gunn Peak Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Index Bornite Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Lake Serene | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Reiter | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Galena | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| May Creek | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Bar | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Startup | 13.7 miles | 17 | |
| Monte Cristo | 14.8 miles | 17 | |
| North Sultan | 17.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520456. 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.