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Maple Grove, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sutherland quadrangle. It stands 505 feet above sea level.

Maple Grove within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 9 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 ceremony30
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTRIPED PIT FIRE
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National Park8TH SWITCHBACK
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFISHER COVE FIRE
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Calcium. 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
Bertha ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1940
Lakeview ClaimManganese, Iron, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, CalciumOccurrenceReplacement
Victory ClaimManganese, Iron, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SulfurOccurrenceReplacement
Bertha ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Cedar ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Christopher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piedmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ramapo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
Snug Harbor0.4 miles14
Ramapo3.0 miles14
Joyce4.1 miles12
Piedmont4.7 miles15
Coville5.1 miles12
Disque5.3 miles15
Crescent5.5 miles15
Port Crescent5.8 miles12

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 GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22083069The 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 1522694. 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.