BlockOsceola, Washington
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Osceola between 1993 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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 burning | 11 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | WHITE FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOISE CREEK |
| 19 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOISE CREEK STARBURST |
| 31 July 2000 | 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
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Osceola: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobroff | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Enumclaw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Dump Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jensen Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Se 440th St. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
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 Osceola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7106361 | 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 1524089. 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.