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Lilliwaup, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Mason census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98555. It stands on Lilliwaup Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lilliwaup quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Lilliwaup within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Lilliwaup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning9
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEVEROAU
7 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCUSHMAN
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDON LAKE
3 September 1992Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris 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 Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lilliwaup: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tuff QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit 245-7.5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
StewartSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Will PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mason County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lilliwaup in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1999Heavy RainLilliwaup$10,200,000no account filed
February 2025Heavy RainLilliwaup-Heavy rainfall of 4.68 inches was recorded at Jefferson Creek, WA.

Every storm recorded in Mason 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
Dewatto2.4 miles10
Hoodsport4.2 miles10
Ayock4.3 miles15
Hamma Hamma5.5 miles15
Potlatch6.3 miles10
Eldon6.7 miles15
Tahuya7.1 miles10
Union7.5 miles10

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 LilliwaupAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2841875The 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 1522086. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.