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Lawrence, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Sumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98247. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence quadrangle. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

Lawrence within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence between 1992 and 2019, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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
7 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyMCKAYCAR
22 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUMAS MTN
3 August 1994Natural8.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAR 2
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGOODWIN
14 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence: 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Chromium, Iron. 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
Deming QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIron, Chromium, NickelOccurrence1915
Sumas Mountain Olivine DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Vogel Farm DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Nooksack ChromiumChromiumProspect
Nooksack ProspectChromiumOccurrenceVein
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIronProspect
Hope PlacerGoldProspect
Nooksack MineGoldPast Producer1898, 1903, 1908
Nooksack MineGoldProspect

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
Nugents Corner1.0 miles16
Cedarville1.2 miles16
Goshen2.5 miles16
Wahl4.0 miles16
Deming4.7 miles11
Everson5.0 miles17
Nooksack5.1 miles17
Strandell5.1 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.

Wikipedia article on LawrenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988999The 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 1511093. 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.