BlockSnoquera, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sun Top quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1913 USGS Cedar Lake quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Sun Top quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Snoquera between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 27 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 | 67 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | CORRAL |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | CHARLEY |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BURNS CREEK |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | 28 CREEK |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | AIRSTRIP |
| 27 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Snoquera: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek Traprock | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwater | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sunrise | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Paradise | 19.6 miles | 21 | |
| Nisqually Vista | 19.8 miles | 21 | |
| Upper Fairfax | 23.2 miles | 26 | |
| Longmire | 23.8 miles | 23 | |
| Fairfax | 24.0 miles | 26 | |
| Wilkeson | 25.9 miles | 26 |
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 Q122548299 | 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 1526023. 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.