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McIntosh, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98589. It lies near Crawford Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bucoda quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

McIntosh within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of McIntosh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
9 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCINTOSH SOUTH
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston 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 McIntosh: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Stone. 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
Skookumchuck PitStoneProducer
Hercules QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Western QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Crowder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcconnell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rainier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandymere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scatter Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Skookumchuck3.0 miles21
Western Junction3.3 miles21
Chaenn Hill3.8 miles21
Tenino4.0 miles21
Offutt Lake4.2 miles21
Rainier5.0 miles19
Plumb6.1 miles21
Fir Tree6.4 miles21

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 McIntoshAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888583The 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 1514927. 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.