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Lauderdale Junction, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98922. It stands on First Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swauk Prairie quadrangle.

Lauderdale Junction within Kittitas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lauderdale Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,326 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDEER GULCH 3
9 September 2012Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestROBINSON GULCH
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLOWER 1ST CREEK
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK SPOT
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFIRST CREEK 2
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDEER GULCH 2
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMILL CREEK
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Lauderdale Junction: 29 past producers, 12 occurrences, 8 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Cedar Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1918
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer
Virden LocalityGemstoneProspect
BurchamStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cooper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooper QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
B and BGoldPast Producer
Baker Creek PlacersGoldPast Producer
Becker PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kittitas 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
Liberty4.2 miles15
Bristol6.2 miles17
Horlick6.4 miles17
Teanaway8.1 miles17
Thorp9.5 miles14
Cle Elum12.2 miles16
South Cle Elum12.8 miles16
Dutch Settlement13.8 miles15

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 Q122545414The 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 1527721. 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.