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Maple Falls, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98266. It stands on Maple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maple Falls quadrangle. 291 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.

Maple Falls within Whatcom County

Population over time

2 figures

Maple Falls fell from 324 to 291 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010324
2020291-33 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Maple Falls between 1992 and 2019, burning about 125 acres in total. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRED MOUNTAIN 2
5 September 1992Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDILLBERRY RD
8 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRED MTN
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMARLBORO
27 August 2002Debris 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 Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Maple Falls: 14 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Chromium, Iron. 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
Boulder Creek ProspectCopper, Chromium, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Silver Lake Travertine DepositTravertineOccurrence
Boulder Creek ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whelan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Williams Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Balfour QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Black Mountain Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Boulder Creek QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Kendall3.2 miles11
Peaceful Valley3.8 miles11
Nooksack Salmon Hatchery3.9 miles11
Balford4.0 miles11
Limestone Junction4.8 miles11
Warnick4.9 miles17
Columbia5.4 miles11
Kulshan6.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Maple FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1507045The 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 1522693. 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.