BlockHeadquarters, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rose Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98611. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Brynion quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Kalama quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mt. Brynion quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Mount Brynion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Headquarters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEMLOCK CREEK |
| 23 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EXIT 48 |
| 14 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Headquarters: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrander Creek | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Lake | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Cowlitz River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| McKone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ostrander Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Sightly | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Toutle | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Castle Rock | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sandy Bend | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ostrander | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lexington | 7.3 miles | 11 |
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 Q17183173 | The 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 1512287. 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.