BlockSouth Montesano, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 98563. It stands on Wynoochee River. The Survey maps it on the Montesano quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of South Montesano between 1992 and 2019, burning about 44 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 830 |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TWIN BRIDGES |
| 5 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SYLVIA A LINE |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | A-400 |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Montesano: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minot Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C.W. Miller | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Montesano | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chehalis River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Melbourne Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schoch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Montesano | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Alder Grove | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Central Park | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Brady | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Satsop | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fuller | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Artic | 7.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q122566043 | 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 1511327. 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.