BlockPark Junction, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eatonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98328. The Survey maps it on the Elbe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Kapowsin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Elbe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Park Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MINERAL HILL |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GOTCHA TRAIL |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MINERAL RD |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BORDERLINE |
| 22 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BEAVER HILL |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KIBBELS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Park Junction: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Creek | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elbe | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| National | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ashford | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Reliance | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| New Reliance | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Alder | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Eatonville | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Eatonville Junction | 10.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122591005 | 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 1524208. 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.