BlockScammon Landing, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Northeast Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98926. It stands on Skookumchuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cape Horn SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cape Horn SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Scammon Landing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,584 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.2 acres | Spokane District | VANTAGE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | 16 acres | Spokane District | SILICA |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Spokane District | BABCOCK STATION |
| 19 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,450 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | I-90 |
| 11 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 100 acres | Spokane District | OLD VANTAGE ROAD |
| 4 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | MILEPOST 142 |
| 29 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | SUNLAND |
| 9 October 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Scammon Landing: 16 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.B.C. Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cathedral Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Qs-Gt-256 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunland Estates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dia-Cousti-Lite Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Grennell Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Deposits | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Johnson No. 2 Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556193 | 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 1511295. 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.