Shadow, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Murdock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Disque quadrangle.

Shadow within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1918 USGS Lake Crescent quadrangle1:62500
1922 USGS Lake Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1950 USGS Disque quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Lake Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Shadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 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 ceremony	11
Debris and open burning	9
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 September 2020	Natural	10 acres	Olympic Region-Department of Natural Resources	MURDOCK BEACH
21 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LYRE RIVER CAMPGROUND
20 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
1 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	STUMP FIRE
6 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Olympic National Park	CHARCOAL
5 August 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
4 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	PA-S 2500 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Shadow: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Twin River Clay, Inc	Clay	Producer
Christopher Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fielding Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hillstead Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lyre Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Piedmont Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
Crescent	4.5 miles	15
Disque	4.7 miles	15
Piedmont	5.1 miles	15
Twin	5.3 miles	16
Ovington	5.7 miles	15
Joyce	6.6 miles	12
Port Crescent	6.7 miles	12
Maple Grove	9.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1525601. 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.