BlockUpper Mill, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. It lies near Radio Hill. The Survey maps it on the Enumclaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1913 USGS Cedar Lake quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Enumclaw quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Enumclaw quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Enumclaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Enumclaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Upper Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 132 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FISH |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | WHITE FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOISE CREEK |
| 17 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TP SQUASH |
| 16 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 5203 ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Upper Mill: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silica, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River | Gold, Silica, Silver | Producer | ||
| White River | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington Northern Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Enumclaw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilderness Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Dump Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1527641. 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.