BlockMock City, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Fort Lewis-DuPont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98580. It lies near Harden Hill. The Survey maps it on the McKenna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Yelm quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Yelm quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS McKenna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Yelm quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Mc Kenna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Mock City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 700 |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MOUNTAIN VIEW |
| 5 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CREEK MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mock City: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Price Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yelm Pit | 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.
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 Q122544399 | 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 1512470. 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.