BlockShuwah, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It lies near Maxfield Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Gunderson Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1935 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Gunderson Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Shuwah between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH HWY 101 |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RADIO |
| 19 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | A ROAD |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 110 JUNCTION |
| 9 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKE CREEK FIRE |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DIMMEL BOAT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Shuwah: 21 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Quarry 5000 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 5054 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 5060 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 5837.21 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Asphalt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Camp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bogachiel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Forks Office Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel 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.
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 Q122546038 | 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 1521280. 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.