Morganville, Washington
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98010. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Diamond quadrangle.
On record in Morganville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Black Diamond Cemeterylisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
Luigi and Aurora Pagani Houselisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1949 USGS Black Diamond quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Morganville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1997 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREEN RIVER GORGE |
| 2 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | FRANKLIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Morganville: 13 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blum Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dobroff | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Franklin Arsenic | Arsenic, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Royal Reward Mine | Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1875, 1957 | |
| Franklin Silica Sand | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Ravensdale Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Blum Hi-Alumina Clay Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Byrd Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Cardinal Reward Mine | Mercury, Arsenic | Occurrence | 1958 | |
| Green River Hi-Alumina Clays | Aluminum | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| One Hundred One Pines | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Kummer | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Henrys | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Lake Morton | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Summit | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Ravensdale | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Danville | 3.4 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512478. 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.







