BlockSouth Beach, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Point Roberts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98281. The Survey maps it on the Point Roberts quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1952 USGS Point Roberts quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Roche Harbor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Point Roberts quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of South Beach in 1993, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Beach: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Point Roberts Marina Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Roberts | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Beach | 1.8 miles | 0 | |
| Semiahmoo | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cottonwood Beach | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Blaine | 16.1 miles | 13 | |
| Birch Bay Circle Grange | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Birch Bay | 16.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hillsdale | 16.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512671. 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.