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Sutico, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Willapa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98577. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the East of Raymond quadrangle.

Sutico within Pacific County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sutico between 1993 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGOAT MOUNTAIN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRMC100
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMC LANDING
28 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters7320
3 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPNE 20
29 June 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGLOBE
28 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFAIRLEY LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sutico: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Iron. 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
Half Moon Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Upper Skookum ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Pacific 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
Firdale2.5 miles13
Bedford3.6 miles14
Burt4.2 miles14
Elk Creek4.7 miles14
Lebam5.2 miles13
Globe5.4 miles13
Davis5.7 miles14
Frances6.3 miles13

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 Q122539071The 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 1511351. 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.