Heather, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Raymond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98547. It stands on Seastrand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grayland quadrangle.

Heather within Pacific County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1941 USGS Grayland quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Grayland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1989 USGS Westport quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Heather between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Fireworks	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	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
9 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	WASHAWAY
14 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	3.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
6 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	47 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
14 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	WASH AWAY
12 August 2003	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 August 1992	Fireworks	2.2 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
7 July 1996	Fireworks	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Heather: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pacific 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Cove	2.3 miles	12
Dexter by the Sea	5.0 miles	12
Tokeland	6.9 miles	14
Venice	6.9 miles	14
Bruceport	11.5 miles	14
Bay Center	11.7 miles	14
Rhodesia Beach	12.7 miles	15
Hines	13.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1505445. 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.