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Klaber, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Winlock-Pe Ell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98538. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boistfort quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.

Klaber within Lewis County

On record in Klaber

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Klaber between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2012Other causes2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUBBARD ROAD
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCEMETARY
28 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2018Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJORGENSEN ROAD
9 August 1999Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Klaber: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Adna Pit No. 2StonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roundtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bunker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtis Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harv Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Boistfort1.9 miles15
Curtis2.0 miles15
Ruth3.2 miles15
Ceres3.5 miles15
Crego (historical)4.6 miles15
Millburn5.0 miles15
Bunker5.7 miles15
Mays (historical)5.7 miles15

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 KlaberAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q105047355The 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 1511073. 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.