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Hintzville, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98380. The Survey maps it on the Holly quadrangle.

Hintzville within Kitsap County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Hintzville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAGLE ROCK
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE POINT
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNACE RD
15 September 1992Smoking2.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hintzville: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt. 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
Camp Union QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ChicoTungsten, Tin, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Elmer Nelson PropertyCobaltUnknown
Green Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Camp Union PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
I-86 Union RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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
Crosby1.8 miles16
Nellita2.9 miles17
Hite Center3.0 miles16
Holly4.6 miles17
Seabeck6.2 miles16
Wildcat Lake7.2 miles16
Bremerton Junction8.6 miles14
Lawters Beach8.9 miles16

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 Q122555646The 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 1520822. 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.