BlockWabash, Washington
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98022. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wabash between 1992 and 2015, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1997 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | STARR |
| 19 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 July 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 July 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | FIREWORK |
| 16 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BONE YARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Wabash: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blum Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dobroff | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Green River | Arsenic | Prospect | ||
| Blum Hi-Alumina Clay Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Burlington Northern Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Enumclaw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kummer Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Dump Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Diamond 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.
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 Wabash | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q57134564 | 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 1527740. 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.