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Rena, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agnew-Carlsborg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98382. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carlsborg quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Rena within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Rena between 1992 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERVIEW
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOAD ROAD #2
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOAD ROAD
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT & BLUE
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDUNGENESS CAMP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Rena: 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hallers PitStone, DimensionProducer
Blake Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Christie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clallam CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eberle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Evans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindsay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lotzgazelle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mc Innes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Carlsborg0.8 miles12
River Road3.4 miles12
Agnew3.5 miles12
Sequim4.6 miles13
Old Town4.6 miles8
R Corner4.7 miles18
Dungeness5.2 miles8
Happy Valley5.5 miles13

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 RenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989068The 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 1530533. 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.