BlockLawters Beach, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98380. It stands on Big Beef Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seabeck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seabeck quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Seabeck quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lawters Beach between 1992 and 2018, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PAYNE |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOT SPIT |
| 17 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lawters Beach: 17 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ace Paving Dickey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bowling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Union Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chico Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Collins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Midway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seabeck Hill 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrenville | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sunset Farm | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Seabeck | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Olympic View | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wildcat Lake | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eldorado Hills | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Silverdale | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bangor | 4.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122559923 | 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 1531664. 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.