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Swofford, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mossyrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98564. It lies in Swofford Valley. The Survey maps it on the Mossyrock quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Swofford within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Swofford between 1994 and 2019, burning about 195 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
28 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHRISTMAS TREE FIRE
21 September 1995Smoking20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Other causes30 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREEN MOUNTAIN
5 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTLETT ROAD
5 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOVERPASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Swofford: 4 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
Mullaney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mossyrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Alta Vista0.9 miles14
Riffe (historical)1.1 miles16
Ajlune2.6 miles16
Bremer5.3 miles16
Mossyrock5.4 miles16
Nesika5.7 miles14
Harmony6.2 miles16
Morton7.0 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on SwoffordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q26905848The 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 1526874. 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.