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Swansonville, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98365. It lies near The Twins. The Survey maps it on the Port Ludlow quadrangle.

Swansonville within Jefferson County

On record in Swansonville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Swansonville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural1
Smoking1
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 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 19
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDIRTY SISTER
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Swansonville: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mats Mats Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ZellerbachSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Mats Mats0.8 miles12
Port Ludlow1.2 miles12
Beaver Valley1.8 miles12
Shine-Gri-La4.7 miles14
Chimacum6.3 miles11
Bridgehaven7.1 miles14
Port Hadlock7.2 miles11
Nordland7.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1508865. 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.