BlockMohrweis, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Mason census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98584. It stands on North Fork Skokomish River. The Survey maps it on the Skokomish Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Skokomish Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
87 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mohrweis between 1993 and 2019, burning about 705 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | FIR CREEK |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Olympic National Forest | STEEL BRIDGE 2 |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 47 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH SLOPE |
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LEEDS |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 104 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 1300 SPUR ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mohrweis: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evergreen Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mason County Landfill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
| Wikipedia article on Mohrweis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122557831 | 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 1523304. 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.