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South Aberdeen, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Aberdeen-Hoquiam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98520. It stands on Wishkah River. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle.

South Aberdeen within Grays Harbor County

On record in South Aberdeen

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of South Aberdeen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersABERDEEN LAKE #2
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRHUNTLEY
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBISHOP
13 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKUNK CABAGE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of South Aberdeen: 18 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Gold, Platinum. 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
Cow Point PlacerGoldOccurrence
HoquiamGold, PlatinumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Newskah QuarryStonePast Producer
East AberdeenSilicaPast Producer
West AberdeenSilicaPast Producer
Hoquiam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newskah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Upper Newskah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow 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
East Aberdeen0.6 miles9
Aberdeen0.8 miles9
North Aberdeen1.4 miles9
Junction City1.6 miles9
Bel-Aire1.7 miles9
Pilgrim Heights1.7 miles9
Cosmopolis1.8 miles9
Broadway Heights2.1 miles9

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 Q122591096The 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 1512669. 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.