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Landsburg, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98051. The Survey maps it on the Hobart quadrangle.

Landsburg within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Landsburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE SALMON
3 August 2003Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH GREEN
22 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters7722 ABANDON CAMPFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Landsburg: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic, Mercury. 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
Franklin ArsenicArsenic, SilverProspect
Royal Reward MineMercury, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1875, 1957
Elk PitClayPast Producer
Franklin Silica SandSilicaProspect
Green River Hi-Alumina ClaysAluminumProspect
Kangley Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Ravensdale PitSilicaProducer
TaylorClayPast Producer
Byrd ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Cardinal Reward MineMercury, ArsenicOccurrence1958

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
Georgetown1.2 miles13
Ravensdale1.7 miles13
Noble1.9 miles22
Arcadia2.0 miles22
Tahoma2.3 miles22
Trude2.6 miles13
Summit2.7 miles24
Orchard Grove2.9 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122562484The 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 1521884. 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.