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Krain, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. It lies near Stanridge Hill. The Survey maps it on the Enumclaw quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.

Krain within King County

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.

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Krain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Natural1
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
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeWHITE FIRE
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBOISE CREEK
17 September 2008Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTP SQUASH
16 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1997Fireworks3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREEN RIVER GORGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Krain: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron. 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
Black DiamondArsenicProspect
Blum PitClayPast Producer
DobroffIronOccurrence
Blum Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Kummer DepositAluminumProspect
Burlington Northern Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Enumclaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City Dump Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Birch1.7 miles18
Veazie1.9 miles18
Enumclaw2.7 miles18
Kummer3.5 miles24
Wabash3.6 miles29
Naco3.9 miles13
Osceola4.2 miles29
Cumberland4.3 miles13

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 KrainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6435853The 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 1521769. 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.