BlockLummi, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Lummi Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98248. It stands on Smuggler Slough. The Survey maps it on the Ferndale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Ferndale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Lummi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD |
| 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 |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE SQUALICUM PIER |
| 29 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SQUALICUM |
| 26 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lummi: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Polinder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brennan | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ferndale | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain View | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Alderwood | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Neptune Beach | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Birchwood | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lummi Island | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q88598120 | 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 1531576. 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.