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Sine, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCleary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98557. It stands on Raccoon Run. The Survey maps it on the McCleary quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Sine within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Sine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 ceremony13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMOX CHEHALIS
1 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersA-LINE
9 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTHE CAMP FIRE
5 August 2000Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sine: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ElmaIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerFossil Placer
ElmaIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceFossil Placer
County Line QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccleary # 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Porter Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smiley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stuck PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
McCleary1.5 miles9
Hillgrove2.4 miles9
McCleary Junction2.6 miles9
Garden City2.6 miles9
Rayville2.9 miles9
Malone6.0 miles15
Greenwood6.3 miles15
Porter6.8 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on SineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989077The 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 1511317. 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.