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Marmac, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kamilche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98584. It lies near Little Skookum Valley. The Survey maps it on the Kamilche Valley quadrangle.

Marmac within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Marmac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLD OLYMPIC
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHITE ROAD
15 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHITE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Marmac: 12 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cdc Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
County Line QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccleary # 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Isabella PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lost Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mason 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
Forbes0.7 miles9
Kamilche2.8 miles10
New Kamilche3.1 miles10
Stimson4.8 miles9
Carmill Station6.9 miles10
Shelton7.5 miles10
Oakland9.0 miles10
Dayton9.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511126. 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.