BlockThatcher, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lopez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98222. It sits by Bald Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Blakely Island quadrangle. It stands 66 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1973 USGS Blakely Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Blakely Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Thatcher between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DECATUR HEAD |
| 26 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DOLPHIN BAY |
| 18 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 July 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DECATUR BLUFF |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JAMES ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Thatcher: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely Island | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Humphrey Head Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ready Cash Claim | Chromium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Reef Point | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Strawberry Bay | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Erismann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lopez Redi-Mix Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shoal Bay Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nellie Kelly Claim | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Ready Cash | Chromium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Stanley | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Decatur | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Olga | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lopez | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Shaw Island | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Doe Bay | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rosario | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Orcas | 7.3 miles | 11 |
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 Q109502404 | 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 1511366. 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.