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Mayfield, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mossyrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98564. It stands on Winston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayfield Lake quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Mayfield within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Mayfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 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
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHINKLEMAN ROAD
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBURCHETTE
15 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMOSSYROCK
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOWLITZ
7 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTLETT ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mayfield: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Silver. 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
Mill CreekPumiceOccurrence
Salkum PitSilverPast Producer
Tilton RiverDiatomiteOccurrence
Coleman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harmony PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huntting PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moore-Davis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mossyrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Silver Creek1.6 miles17
Winston3.0 miles12
Salkum3.4 miles17
Wilson3.9 miles12
Mossyrock4.7 miles16
Lacamas5.7 miles17
Harmony5.7 miles16
Cinebar6.9 miles17

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 MayfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989031The 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 1522822. 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.