BlockTsoo-Yess, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clallam Bay-Neah Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98357. It stands on Holden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Makah Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1938 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Makah Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tsoo-Yess between 2002 and 2017, burning about 158 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | OVERLAND |
| 13 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOOES |
| 30 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Makah Agency | NEAH BAY 200 LINE FIRE |
| 12 October 2002 | Debris and open burning | 76 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 October 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tsoo-Yess: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum, Osmium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Iridium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shi Shi Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium | Occurrence | Gold, Ilmenite, Iridosmine, Magnetite, Platinum, Zircon | |
| Shi Shi Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Iridium | Past Producer | 1894, 1904, 1905 | |
| Shi Shi Beach Placer | Gold, Titanium, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron | 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.
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 Q122542341 | 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 1512851. 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.