BlockSvensens Landing, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grays River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98638. It stands on Deep River. The Survey maps it on the Rosburg quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rosburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Svensens Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FALL RUN |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALMON CREEK |
| 27 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEEP RIVER |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
| 3 August 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UPPER NASELLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Svensens Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Deep River | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eden | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rosburg | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Altoona | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Carlson Landing | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Grays River | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dahlia | 6.4 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 Q104744930 | 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 1511353. 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.