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Klaus, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Logan Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. The Survey maps it on the Jackson Prairie quadrangle.

Klaus within Lewis County

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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Klaus between 1992 and 2019, burning about 176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEIER RD
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKRUGER TWO
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersALPHA RD
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGAME DAY
25 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTIN MAN
25 September 1996Debris and open burning1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Klaus: 6 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keller-Petra-Keller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Union PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Forest1.9 miles15
Marys Corner2.2 miles15
Napavine3.7 miles15
Oxley4.6 miles15
Saint Urban4.8 miles15
Phillips5.1 miles17
Evaline5.8 miles15
Ethel6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510306. 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.