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Mora, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It stands on Dickey River. The Survey maps it on the Quillayute Prairie quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Mora within Clallam 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Mora between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 ceremony78
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkMONSTER
24 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOlympic National ParkTALKER
22 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersQUILAYUTE RD
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkSECOND BEACH
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkRAINEER
12 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkOHIO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mora: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Olympic PeninsulaGemstoneProspect
Johnson Point PlacerGoldPast Producer1908
Johnson Point PlacerGoldProspect
Umbrella PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
La Push1.3 miles11
Quillayute4.3 miles11
Forks12.5 miles11
Shuwah14.1 miles10
Ozette16.3 miles12
Beaver17.1 miles11
Old Royal19.7 miles10
Sappho20.7 miles11

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 Q27995395The 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 1511167. 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.