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Lona Beach, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Camano Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98282. It stands on Kristoferson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Juniper Beach quadrangle.

Lona Beach within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Lona Beach between 1992 and 2017, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1994Debris 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 Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lona Beach: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Camano Island Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Erling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Island Excavators PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Driftwood Shores1.6 miles16
Juniper Beach2.8 miles16
Terrys Corner2.8 miles16
New Utsaladdy2.9 miles16
Utsalady3.7 miles18
Madrona Beach4.7 miles11
Sunset Beach4.7 miles11
Rockaway Beach4.8 miles11

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 Q122561618The 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 1513154. 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.