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Moores Corner, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Long Beach-North Beach Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98631. The Survey maps it on the Cape Disappointment quadrangle.

Moores Corner within Pacific County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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 Moores Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks6
Smoking2
Natural1
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRBIRCH RD
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPIONEER
7 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Moores Corner: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal. 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
Beards Hollow PlacerIron, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, ZirconiumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Beards Hollow PlacerPlatinum, Zirconium, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Fort CanbyGold, Platinum, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceBeach Placer
O'Meara QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
FenderSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Long BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Nahcotta PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pacific 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
Long Beach0.8 miles11
Seaview1.1 miles11
Holman1.5 miles11
Breakers1.8 miles11
Oceanview1.9 miles11
Ilwaco2.6 miles11
Stringtown4.3 miles17
Oceanside4.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512477. 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.