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Henrys, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98038. It stands on Ravensdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Diamond quadrangle.

Henrys within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Henrys between 1992 and 2019, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE SALMON
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREEN RIVER GORGE
2 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH GREEN
28 July 1996Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Henrys: 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. 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
Franklin ArsenicArsenic, SilverProspect
Green River Hi-Alumina ClaysAluminumProspect
Royal Reward MineMercury, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1875, 1957
Franklin Silica SandSilicaProspect
Ravensdale PitSilicaProducer
Byrd ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Cardinal Reward MineMercury, ArsenicOccurrence1958
Black Diamond Coal DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravensdale Coal DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravensdale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in King County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henrys in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009Funnel CloudHenrys-A funnel cloud was spotted near Maple Valley for a few minutes and photographed.

Every storm 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
Summit1.2 miles24
Danville1.3 miles24
Ravensdale1.9 miles13
Cherokee Bay Park2.1 miles24
Morganville2.2 miles24
Noble2.5 miles22
Georgetown2.5 miles13
One Hundred One Pines2.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1531583. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.