Richardson, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lopez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98261. It stands on Richardson Rock. The Survey maps it on the Richardson quadrangle.

Richardson within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1943 USGS Richardson quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Richardson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
1977 USGS Richardson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS Richardson quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Richardson between 1992 and 2017, burning about 7 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	28
Fireworks	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	AK PACKERS ROCK 2
2 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	PICKETT'S LANE
2 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	AK PACKERS ROCK
2 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	GCOVEONE
16 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
31 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	SOUTH BEACH #2
3 August 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LOPEZ HILL
17 August 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Juan Island National Historical Park	SBTWO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Richardson: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Erismann Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lopez Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lopez Sand and Gravel 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

Every working recorded in San Juan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Islandale	2.2 miles	12
Lopez	5.1 miles	11
Decatur	5.4 miles	13
Port Stanley	6.3 miles	13
Argyle	7.7 miles	10
Thatcher	8.3 miles	13
Friday Harbor	8.5 miles	10
Shaw Island	9.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511257. 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.