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Mount Pleasant, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Port Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98362. It stands on East Fork Lees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morse Creek quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2001Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkPARKWAY
3 September 1997Debris and open burning48 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFREDRICKSON
16 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOWERLINE FIRE
8 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLISEL 25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 24 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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
Port Angeles QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Swamp CreekClay, IronOccurrence
Morse Creek PitStonePast Producer
Port AngelesGold, SilverOccurrencePyrite
Port AngelesGold, SilverProspect
Rains PitStonePast Producer
Old Horseman MineGoldPast Producer
Aldwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baublits PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clallam CountySand 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
Crane2.8 miles18
Port Angeles3.1 miles17
R Corner5.3 miles18
Little Oklahoma5.6 miles18
Agnew6.6 miles12
King Hill7.0 miles18
Lower Elwha9.9 miles13
Rena10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1529625. 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.