BlockPort Williams, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sequim census division. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sequim quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1938 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Sequim quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Port Williams between 1992 and 2019, burning about 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREYS MARSH |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERVIEW |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BELL HILL |
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 Williams: 11 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Coal Lake Pit and Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Evans Creek Pit No 1 | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Evans Creek Pit No 2 | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Hallers Pit | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| One Ok Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Eberle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hastings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Harbor | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sequim | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bell Hill | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Happy Valley | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| River Road | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dungeness | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blyn | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Williams | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989061 | 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 1524590. 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.