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Wabash, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centralia-Chehalis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98531. It lies near Hanaford Valley. The Survey maps it on the Centralia quadrangle.

Wabash within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Wabash between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1997Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCATTER FIRE
22 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution6.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUCODA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Wabash: 14 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bucoda PitClay, PeatPast Producer
CentraliaSilicaOccurrence
CentraliaGemstoneOccurrence
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BrownClayPast Producer
Gillingham PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bernobich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Centralia Pit & Plant No. 64Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Foron Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hanaford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Blakeslee Junction2.3 miles17
Centralia2.4 miles17
Fords Prairie3.0 miles17
Nulls Crossing4.8 miles15
Galvin4.9 miles15
Chehalis6.1 miles17
Kopiah7.3 miles15
Claquato8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510319. 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.