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Mabana, Washington

14 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. The Survey maps it on the Langley quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Mabana within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mabana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 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 burning25
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks6
Smoking1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLONE LAKE RD
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKAYAK POINT
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 1992Debris 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mabana: 1 past producer. 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
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
Sunny Shore Acres1.1 miles14
Camp Diana1.1 miles14
Tyee Beach1.6 miles14
Bretland2.0 miles14
Pebble Beach2.4 miles14
Saratoga3.1 miles14
Bells Beach3.1 miles14
Langley3.8 miles14

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 MabanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989014The 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 1511111. 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.