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Larson Mill, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98229. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham North quadrangle.

Larson Mill within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

64 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Larson Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 84 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 ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Larson Mill: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Bentonite. 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
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
Silver Beach0.8 miles17
Geneva1.0 miles14
Forest Ridge1.0 miles17
Alabama Hill1.5 miles17
Lakeway1.9 miles14
Roosevelt2.0 miles17
Eureka2.0 miles17
Dewey2.7 miles17

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 Q122546233The 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 1511090. 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.