Possession, Washington

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98236. The Survey maps it on the Maxwelton quadrangle.

Possession within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1942 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Maxwelton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Maxwelton quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Possession between 1992 and 2016, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony	6
Debris and open burning	4
Fireworks	2
Smoking	2
Natural	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
9 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
6 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LABYRINTH
17 September 1995	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
28 August 1992	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
27 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH BEACH
26 August 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Possession: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Meadowdale	Clay	Past Producer
Useless Bay	Diatomite	Occurrence
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Veit Asphalt Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Island County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Glendale	1.8 miles	25
Maxwelton	3.9 miles	25
Columbia Beach	3.9 miles	25
Clinton	4.3 miles	25
Midvale Corner	5.6 miles	25
Sunlight Beach	7.5 miles	25
Bay View	7.7 miles	14
Langley	8.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512581. 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.