BlockNellita, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98380. The Survey maps it on the Holly quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Holly quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Nellita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | 600 |
| 23 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIDDLE POINT |
| 15 September 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BEAR CREEK |
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 Nellita: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albino Rodriquez | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Holly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pierce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hintzville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Holly | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Crosby | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hite Center | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Seabeck | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wildcat Lake | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lawters Beach | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Warrenville | 10.0 miles | 16 |
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 Nellita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26689586 | 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 1528865. 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.