Rony, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Malone-Porter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98541. It stands on Eaton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle.

Rony within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1941 USGS Ford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Malone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Rony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	15
Recreation and ceremony	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
7 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	NOBODYS HOME
26 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
21 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH BANK
17 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 September 2019	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MALONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rony: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE. 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
Schouweiler Road Pit and Plant	REE	Past Producer
Badger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Landberg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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
Malone	1.6 miles	15
Porter	2.2 miles	15
Lankner	2.6 miles	15
Saginaw	2.7 miles	15
Greenwood	2.9 miles	15
South Elma	4.2 miles	15
Elma	5.1 miles	9
Weikswood	6.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511270. 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.