Maple Hills, Washington

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Seattle East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98059. It lies near Cedar Hills. The Survey maps it on the Maple Valley quadrangle.

Maple Hills within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
1949 USGS Maple Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Renton quadrangle1:25000
1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Maple Valley quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Maple Hills between 1993 and 2008, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
3 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SQUAK MOUNTAIN
15 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 September 1993	Smoking	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SQAUK STUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Maple Hills: 15 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harris Clay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Harris Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Section 31 Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Cedar Mountain Property	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica	Prospect
Cedar Mountain Property	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica	Prospect
Sunset Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
55 Sand Deposit	Silica	Past Producer
Cavanaugh	Silica	Past Producer
Wilde	Silica	Past Producer
Elliott Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in King 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Maple Valley Heights	1.3 miles	22
Cedar Mountain	1.3 miles	22
High Valley	1.7 miles	22
Cedar Grove	2.2 miles	22
East Renton Highlands	2.7 miles	22
Lake Desire	3.1 miles	22
Mirrormount Estates	3.4 miles	22
Coalfield	3.8 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510140. 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.