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Hamma Hamma, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Mason census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98555. It stands on Jorsted Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eldon quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Hamma Hamma within Mason County

On record in Hamma Hamma

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hamma Hamma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEVEROAU
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestJEFFERSON CREEK
24 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE POINT
21 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEWATTO FOREST
10 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hamma Hamma: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Canal Premix Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mason 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
Eldon1.3 miles15
Ayock1.4 miles15
Dewatto5.2 miles10
Lilliwaup5.5 miles10
Triton6.3 miles17
Hoodsport9.6 miles10
Tahuya10.7 miles10
Sunbeach10.9 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.

Wikidata item Q104535895The 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 1530542. 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.