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Lakeway, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98229. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham South quadrangle.

Lakeway within Whatcom County

On record in Lakeway

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

6 surveys from 14 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Lakeway between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Fireworks8
Smoking8
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
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 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCALIFORNIA STREET MAPLE
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACKBERRY YARD
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTUART RD
16 September 1998Smoking1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom 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 Lakeway: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Flagstone, Magnesite. 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
Chuckanut Bay QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
GrandviewClayPast Producer
Lookout Mountain Bentonite DepositBentoniteOccurrence
Olivine MillMagnesitePast Producer
Griffin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed 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 Whatcom 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
Roosevelt1.1 miles17
Eureka1.4 miles17
Forest Ridge1.9 miles17
Larson Mill1.9 miles17
Alabama Hill1.9 miles17
Washington Colony (historical)2.1 miles17
Happy Valley2.2 miles14
Silver Beach2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514261. 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.