BlockReiter, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98251. It stands on Hogarty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Bar quadrangle. It stands 331 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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 Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Index quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Gold Bar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Reiter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 329 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LAKE SERENE |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MAY CREEK |
| 20 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BELL |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | SUNSET FALLS |
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MAY CLIFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Reiter: 14 past producers, 9 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Belle | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Copper Belle | Silver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1910, 1911 | |
| Ellis Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Bar and Elmo | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Index-Independent | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Serene | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Lake Serene Mine | Copper, Silver, Iron, Gold | Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Martin, Gail L | Copper, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Red Cross | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Lake Serene | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Reiter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989067 | 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 1524991. 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.