BlockTwin Spits, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98340. It sits by Foulweather Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Hansville quadrangle. It stands 75 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1937 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Port Gamble quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Hansville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Twin Spits between 1994 and 2012, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DRIFTWOOD |
| 30 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DIRTY SISTER |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Twin Spits: 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Mats Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zellerbach | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Port Gamble | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Little Boston | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Eglon | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rose Point | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Four Corners | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lofall | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Striebels Corner | 8.7 miles | 15 |
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 Twin Spits | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17107783 | 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 1511715. 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.