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Harman Heights, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98045. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle.

Harman Heights within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Harman Heights between 1996 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRAGING RIVER
27 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SI
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 August 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWINERY
4 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SI FIREWORKS
22 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SI CAMPSITE
20 July 2013Fireworks2.0 acresMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestECHO LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Harman Heights: 17 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
AnnieCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
LetaGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Camp Brown QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Mainline 100 PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Mount SiCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Stoen North Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brister PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Seattle Road 10 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Seattle Road 50 Main PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
North Bend1.4 miles14
Riverbend2.4 miles14
Tanner2.6 miles12
Cedar Falls3.6 miles14
Kerriston3.6 miles14
Ellisville3.7 miles18
Snoqualmie4.0 miles18
Edgewick4.1 miles12

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 Q122555323The 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 1520552. 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.