BlockStringtown, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98624. It stands on Chinook River. The Survey maps it on the Chinook quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1938 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Chinook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chinook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 279 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOOP RD |
| 21 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beards Hollow Placer | Iron, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Beards Hollow Placer | Platinum, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Chinook Black Sands | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Fort Canby | Gold, Platinum, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Mc Gowan Querry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Island Placer | Gold, Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Bear River | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Bear River | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Fender | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nahcotta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ilwaco | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Holman | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Canby | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Oceanview | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Moores Corner | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pacific City (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Seaview | 4.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511343. 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.