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Tenmile, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Ferndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98264. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham North quadrangle.

Tenmile within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Tenmile between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20 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 burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARRY
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTUART RD
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEAT BOG
26 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWISER LAKE
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tenmile: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Laurel Bog Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Bellingham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Childers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Devries PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pole Road Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
River Bars and WashingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Singer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sw 10 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Laurel2.4 miles17
Victor2.5 miles17
Greenwood3.1 miles15
Van Wyck4.8 miles17
Wahl5.0 miles16
Noon5.3 miles17
Lynden5.3 miles15
Dewey5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1508942. 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.