BlockMadrona Beach, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Olympia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98502. It stands on Simmons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summit Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Summit Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Madrona Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MALL FIRE |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY ROOT |
| 30 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORGANIC |
| 29 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 41ST AVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Madrona Beach: 10 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delphi Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| 29th Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duval Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Page Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sundberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schneiders Prairie | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sunrise Beach | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset Beach | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gravelly Beach | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Elizan Beach | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lamberts Corner | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Marshville (historical) | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Delphi | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511933. 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.