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Miller River, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98288. It stands on Miller River. The Survey maps it on the Grotto quadrangle.

Miller River within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Miller River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestFOSS RIVER 2
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestBARCLAY LAKE
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestBUCKET
28 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestSKYKOMISH
18 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestLOWE
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forestnot named
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestBECKLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Miller River: 41 unknowns, 27 occurrences, 16 prospects, 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Copper, 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
Akishin ClaimSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperProspect
BaringChromiumUnknown
Beckler River PitStonePast Producer
Black Dike ProspectCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gold Mountain ProspectAntimony, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrence1900
Grand CentralGold, AntimonyOccurrencePyrite, Stibnite
Great RepublicAntimony, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Iron Home No. 1Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, ArsenicProspect
KimballGold, Silver, AntimonyProspect
King and KinneyCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in King 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
Grotto1.7 miles16
Skykomish2.2 miles16
Baring5.9 miles16
Nordrum (historical)13.3 miles18
Denny Creek21.3 miles16
Ernies Grove22.4 miles16
Junction22.6 miles18
Rockdale22.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1523192. 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.