BlockSea Acre, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98279. It lies near North Peapod. The Survey maps it on the Mount Constitution quadrangle.
On record in Sea Acre
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.
Alderbrook Farmhouselisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Mt Constitution quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sea Acre between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAGLE LAKE |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLARK IS |
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | POINT LAWRENCE |
| 21 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAGLE CLIFF |
| 3 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORAN |
| 20 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOST KNIFE |
| 18 July 2001 | 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sea Acre: 7 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Chromium, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie Kelly | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Orcas Island | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chuckanut Lime Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Entrance Mountain Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Moran State Park Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Newhall | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Olga Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Raccoon Point Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Rosario Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 Q122593602 | 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 1531908. 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.