BlockNisson, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wishkah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen Gardens quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Humptulips quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Humptulips quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Aberdeen Gardens quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Nisson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 944 |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POULSEN CAMP |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 5200 SPUR |
| 28 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | YOUMANS ROAD |
| 27 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nisson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishkah | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Aberdeen Gardens | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| New London | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Broadway Heights | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| North Aberdeen | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Woodlawn | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Herbig Heights | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bel-Aire | 9.0 miles | 9 |
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 Nisson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989050 | 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 1513021. 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.