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Leland, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98376. The Survey maps it on the Uncas quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.

Leland within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Leland between 1992 and 2018, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Natural1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ForestDAM
19 September 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2012Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCENTER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Leland: 12 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver. 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
Triple Ore Copper ProspectCopper, SilverProspect
Pit 2926-3.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2849-1.6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quarry 2907-10.4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2909-4.8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry 2926-6.7Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry-2927-1.0Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Currier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Quilcene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Quilcene4.8 miles13
East Quilcene4.8 miles12
Dabob5.3 miles12
Eaglemount5.7 miles12
Uncas6.6 miles13
Discovery Bay6.8 miles13
Fairmont7.1 miles12
Discovery Junction7.1 miles12

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 LelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19724134The 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 1522001. 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.