BlockStriebels Corner, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98346. The Survey maps it on the Port Gamble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Striebels Corner between 1996 and 2005, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE BOSTON |
| 20 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Puget Sound Agency | CARRIERE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Striebels Corner: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breidabuck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Danielson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jameson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North End Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Settle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Boston | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Port Gamble | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kingston | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Four Corners | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Breidablick | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Indianola | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rose Point | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lofall | 4.8 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 Q122548202 | 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 1511342. 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.