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Rockdale, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98068. It stands on Rockdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle. It stands 2,520 feet above sea level.

Rockdale within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Rockdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural8
Smoking6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestLOWER TUSCOHATCHIE LAKE
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCARTER CREEK
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLOST BEACH
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestTINKHAM RAVE
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestPIONEER
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestMAD TENT
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCOMMON WEALTH
5 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestTALAPUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Rockdale: 10 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Copper, Silver. 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
AlanGold, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer
GuyeIron, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrence1881
GuyeIron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Guye PropertyIron, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Quartz Crystal DepositQuartzOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QurryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Scheelite PlacerTungstenOccurrence
CarmackGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena
CarmackGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein

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
Denny Creek1.6 miles16
Bandera4.2 miles13
Garcia9.2 miles13
Stampede10.1 miles16
Nordrum (historical)12.3 miles18
Lester12.8 miles15
Ragnar13.9 miles12
Nagrom14.0 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 RockdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995404The 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 1525152. 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.