BlockTulips, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Humptulips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on Burg Slough. The Survey maps it on the Copalis Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1938 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Copalis Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Tulips between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14 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 burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 930 |
| 9 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEEK'S RETURN |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COPALIS CROSSING |
| 6 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tulips: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| 5250 Deep Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| A & M Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Diamond Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Strand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Burrows | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Copalis Crossing | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gray Gables | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle East | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| New London | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Carlisle | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle West | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122589994 | 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 1511379. 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.