BlockRichmond Beach, Washington
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Seattle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98177. It stands on Boeing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edmonds West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Edmonds West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Edmonds West quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Richmond Beach: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Aleer | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Richmond Beach 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 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond Beach in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Richmond Beach | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Highlands | 2.1 miles | 31 | |
| Spring Beach | 2.2 miles | 31 | |
| Richmond Highlands | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Echo Lake | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Shoreline | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Ronald | 3.0 miles | 31 | |
| Parkwood | 3.4 miles | 31 | |
| Bitter Lake | 3.4 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512601. 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.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.