BlockLummi Island, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lummi Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98262. It sits by Lovers Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Lummi Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lummi Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lummi Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Lummi Island between 1994 and 2018, burning about 30 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLARK IS |
| 23 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LUMMI SHORE |
| 15 August 1998 | Fireworks | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lummi Island: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Island Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Village Point 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lummi | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Neptune Beach | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Marietta | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain View | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brennan | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Alderwood | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Edgemoor | 9.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512409. 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.