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Lakedale, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the San Juan Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98250. The Survey maps it on the Friday Harbor quadrangle.

Lakedale within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 10 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

84 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Lakedale between 1995 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning22
Recreation and ceremony19
Fireworks13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes1
Natural1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJACKSON
6 September 2019Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEER HARBOR
6 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTERRACE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG ROCK SJI
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Juan Island National Historical ParkMAINT
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEACHEM
7 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2002Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Lakedale: 15 occurrences, 11 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Roche Harbor QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Friday Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Biendle DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cliff Island DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Cowell QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crane Island DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Davison Head DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Deadman Bay DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
English Camp DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Roche Harbor4.3 miles10
Friday Harbor4.4 miles10
Yacht Haven4.5 miles10
Argyle5.3 miles10
Deer Harbor5.5 miles11
Orcas7.6 miles11
West Sound7.9 miles12
Shaw Island8.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514920. 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.