BlockMountain View, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ferndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98248. The Survey maps it on the Lummi Bay quadrangle. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Lummi Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Lummi Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1996 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KOEHN RD |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EXIT 266 |
| 25 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KLUKEN |
| 24 August 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RED RIVER |
| 20 August 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKE TERRELL |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ferndale Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Intalco Aluminum Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Producer | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune Beach | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kickerville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ferndale | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lummi | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Custer | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Brennan | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Birch Bay | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Mountain View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989044 | 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 1512487. 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.