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Humphrey, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. It stands on Canton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwater quadrangle.

Humphrey within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Humphrey between 1995 and 2009, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 July 2009Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestLONESOME LAKE
18 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 June 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestMULLET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King 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 Humphrey: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Canton Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Maywood4.2 miles14
Page5.0 miles12
Nagrom5.9 miles13
Lemolo6.0 miles12
Palmer Junction10.8 miles13
Palmer10.9 miles13
Bayne11.2 miles13
Kanaskat11.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521058. 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.