King Hill, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agnew-Carlsborg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98362. It lies near Van Kuren Hill. The Survey maps it on the Morse Creek quadrangle.

King Hill within Clallam County

On record in King Hill

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Blue Mountain Schoollisted 1987 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

1918 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1941 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Morse Creek quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Morse Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of King Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 100 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Natural	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Fireworks	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
9 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	DISHWASHER FIRE
4 September 2001	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
3 September 1997	Debris and open burning	48 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
3 September 1993	Fireworks	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
24 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TOAD ROAD #2
16 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam 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 King Hill: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Blake Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Clallam County	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Danz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jim West Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lindsay Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Round Mountain Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Round Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sherborn Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Umbrella Creek Pit Lower	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Little Oklahoma	1.7 miles	18
R Corner	3.9 miles	18
Agnew	4.9 miles	12
Crane	5.3 miles	18
Rena	5.8 miles	12
Carlsborg	6.5 miles	12
Mount Pleasant	7.0 miles	18
River Road	8.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521684. 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.