BlockPrevost, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the San Juan Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98250. It lies near Lofgren Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Stuart Island quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Stuart Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Roche Harbor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Prevost between 1995 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SATELLITE |
| 25 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BAKERS BLUFF - STELLITE IS |
| 19 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STUART ISLAND |
| 7 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STUART STUMP |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prevost: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Harbor Quarries | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roche Harbor | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Yacht Haven | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Waldron | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lakedale | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Deer Harbor | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Beach | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Beach Haven | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| West Sound | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q106661160 | 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 1511242. 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.