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Hartstene, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Timber Lake-Harstine Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98584. It stands on Jarrell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mason Lake quadrangle.

Hartstene within Mason County

On record in Hartstene

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 1 record

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 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Hartstene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 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
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAPEVIEW RD
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDAY SPRINGS
3 September 2012Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCMICKEN
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTADIUM BEACH WEST
27 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 1999Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Smoking25 acresWashington 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hartstene: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel 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
Walkers Landing2.1 miles14
Grant2.7 miles14
Ballow2.7 miles15
Graham Point3.4 miles16
Grapeview4.7 miles13
Detroit (historical)5.0 miles13
Little Hoquiam5.0 miles14
Fair Harbor5.4 miles13

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 Q122567752The 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 1511026. 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.