BlockPrairie, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Upper Samish River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98284. It stands on Thunder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedro-Woolley North quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Wickersham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wickersham quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Sedro-Woolley North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STICKY WICKET |
| 21 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | SKAGHOUSE |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 1997 | 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 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Prairie: 12 unknowns, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Clay, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alger | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Friday Creek | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Scott | Asbestos, Arsenic, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Washington Crushers Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| George Scott | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| George Scott Claim | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Alger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jim Hoy Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lang S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Dump Truck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Wikidata item Q27989062 | 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 1511241. 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.