BlockReliance, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Eatonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98328. It stands on Reliance Hill. The Survey maps it on the Eatonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1937 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Tanwax Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Ohop Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Ohop Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ohop Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Reliance between 1994 and 2019, burning about 415 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MINERAL HILL |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRINGWATER EAST |
| 4 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOX ENGINE |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BORDERLINE |
| 21 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | LITTLE NISQUALLY |
| 14 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Reliance: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladd | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Ladd Mine | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| New Reliance | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Elbe | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| La Grande | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Eatonville | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Park Junction | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Eatonville Junction | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ohop Bob | 7.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524992. 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.