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Murnen, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bunker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. It stands on Nine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doty quadrangle.

Murnen within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Murnen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST WYNOCHEE
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters8 MILE
29 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLUSCK
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAM
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACKBERRY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Murnen: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Road Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Doty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Road Pit No. 35Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thrash Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Doty2.4 miles14
Dryad3.8 miles14
Pe Ell4.3 miles14
McCormick5.2 miles14
Walville5.5 miles14
Reynolds (historical)5.6 miles14
Mays (historical)7.8 miles15
Meskill8.1 miles15

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 Q122545397The 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 1511171. 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.