High Rock, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98272. It stands on Peoples Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of High Rock between 1994 and 2019, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | THE KING |
| 10 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEST KING LAKE |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE |
| 4 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CHAPEL |
| 31 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LK FONTAL |
| 30 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of High Rock: 19 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Monroe Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Spec Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sultan | Uranium | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Sultan | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Builders Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Connelly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hewitt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joplin Paving Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maltby Northwest Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson Eddy | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe Junction | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Echo Lake | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Fryelands | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| Woodruff | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Wagner | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Roosevelt | 5.7 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520787. 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.






