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Hite Center, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98380. The Survey maps it on the Wildcat Lake quadrangle.

Hite Center within Kitsap County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hite Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 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 ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hite Center: 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them 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
ChicoTungsten, Tin, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Elmer Nelson PropertyCobaltUnknown
Camp Union QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Camp Union PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Seabeck Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Seabheck PitSand 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
Crosby1.4 miles16
Hintzville3.0 miles17
Seabeck3.2 miles16
Nellita3.9 miles17
Wildcat Lake5.2 miles16
Lawters Beach6.0 miles16
Warrenville6.4 miles16
Holly6.8 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on Hite CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122563572The 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 1520824. 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.