BlockPort Discovery, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98368. The Survey maps it on the Port Townsend South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Port Townsend South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Port Discovery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BECKETT PT |
| 26 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG ROCK 14 |
| 22 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAST RADAR |
| 2 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Port Discovery: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimacum Valley | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Irondale | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Chimacum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hadlock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hastings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hunt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Puget Sound Surfacers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Uncas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmans | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fairmont | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Discovery Junction | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Maynard | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Uncas | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Discovery Bay | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tukey | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Adelma Beach | 2.9 miles | 11 |
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 Port Discovery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7230584 | 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 1524587. 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.