BlockRoche Harbor, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the San Juan Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98250. It lies near Pearl Island. The Survey maps it on the Roche Harbor quadrangle. 662 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
On record in Roche Harbor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Roche Harborlisted 1977 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Roche Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Roche Harbor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Roche Harbor between 1995 and 2019, burning about 29 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan Island National Historical Park | MAINT |
| 7 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JONES ISLAND |
| 3 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | AFTERGLOW |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HENRY ISLAD |
| 24 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Smoking | 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
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Roche Harbor: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Harbor Quarries | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Roche Harbor Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Davison Head Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| English Camp Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Henry Island Deposit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Island Depsoit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Kellett Bluff Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Krumdick | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Point Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yacht Haven | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lakedale | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Prevost | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Deer Harbor | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Waldron | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Friday Harbor | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Argyle | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| West Sound | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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 Roche Harbor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474308 | The 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 1533054. 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.