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Midvale Corner, 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.

Midvale Corner within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Midvale Corner between 1992 and 2016, burning about 41 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
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Other causes2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLABYRINTH
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLONE LAKE RD
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Midvale Corner: 2 past producers, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Useless BayDiatomiteOccurrence
Gedney Hat Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Veit Asphalt Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Bay View2.5 miles14
Sunlight Beach3.3 miles25
Langley3.3 miles14
Clinton3.4 miles25
Columbia Beach3.8 miles25
Maxwelton4.1 miles25
Glendale4.8 miles25
Pebble Beach5.3 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122543322The 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 1511151. 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.