Lake Morton, Washington

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.

• 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
• 1949 USGS Black Diamond quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
• 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
• 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
• 1983 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:25000
• 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lake Morton between 1992 and 2012, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Green River
• Cherokee Bay Park
• Danville
• Summit
• Timberlane
• Henrys

Every fire recorded in King County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lake Morton: 13 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in King County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413640. 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.