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Hyak, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98068. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle. It stands 2,569 feet above sea level.

Hyak within Kittitas County

On record in Hyak

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Hyak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 ceremony64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural7
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLOST BEACH
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestMAD TENT
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCOMMON WEALTH
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBOX CANYON CREEK
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEXIT 53
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hyak: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Limestone, General. 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
AlanGold, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer
GuyeIron, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrence1881
GuyeIron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Guye PropertyIron, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Quartz Crystal DepositQuartzOccurrence
Silver Queen and Silver KingSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincProspect
Unnamed QurryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
CarmackGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena
CarmackGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
CommonwealthSilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Kittitas 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
Snoqualmie Pass0.4 miles16
Whittier8.2 miles16
Kachess Resort8.5 miles16
Martin8.7 miles16
Cabin Creek13.5 miles15
Easton15.6 miles15
Pine Glen18.3 miles15
Driftwood Acres18.8 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 HyakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5952390The 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 1521100. 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.