BlockMaxwelton, Washington
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98236. The Survey maps it on the Maxwelton quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Maxwelton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Maxwelton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Maxwelton between 1992 and 2016, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LABYRINTH |
| 6 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DRIFTWOOD |
| 17 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH BEACH |
| 26 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maxwelton: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useless Bay | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Veit Asphalt Pit & Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possession | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Midvale Corner | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Sunlight Beach | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Glendale | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Bay View | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Columbia Beach | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Clinton | 5.5 miles | 25 | |
| Austin | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Maxwelton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2916985 | The 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 1512437. 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.