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Riverpoint, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98045. It lies near Sallal Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Chester Morse Lake quadrangle.

Riverpoint within King 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Riverpoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 3 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 ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks4
Natural3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMID FORK
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAILBOX PEAK 2013
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SI
18 September 2008Fireworks3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAILBOX
16 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH FORK
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Riverpoint: 21 past producers, 7 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, 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
AnnieCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
LetaGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Lost LodeMolybdenum, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Bald HornetIronUnknown
Camp Brown QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Green MountainIronUnknown
Mainline 100 PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Stoen North Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ClevelandCopper, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in King 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
Tanner1.8 miles12
Riverbend2.3 miles14
Edgewick2.6 miles12
Ragnar3.0 miles12
Ellisville3.5 miles18
Ernies Grove3.9 miles16
North Bend3.9 miles14
Harman Heights4.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807187. 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.