BlockSemiahmoo, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98230. The Survey maps it on the Birch Point quadrangle.
On record in Semiahmoo
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.
MV PLOVER (ferry)listed 1997 · 0.7 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.
- 1952 USGS Birch Point quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Semiahmoo between 1999 and 2019, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLAINE 20 |
| 16 August 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | BIRCH POINT ROAD |
| 18 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BRIDGE |
| 9 October 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Semiahmoo: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blain Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Bordstrom Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loop Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sonny's Excavation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hillsdale | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cottonwood Beach | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Birch Bay Circle Grange | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Birch Bay | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Haynie | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kickerville | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122548079 | 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 1511302. 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.