BlockLaurel, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Ferndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98226. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham North quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Sumas quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Sumas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bellingham North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Lynden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Laurel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20 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 burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STARRY |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STUART RD |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEAT BOG |
| 3 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EXIT 266 |
| 26 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 830 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Laurel: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Diatomite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Ferndale Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Laurel Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Bellingham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Devries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gansler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Griffin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Polinder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Bars and Washing | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Laurel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3491956 | The 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 1511092. 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.