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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Centralia NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SCATTER FIRE |
| 22 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.4 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BUCODA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucoda Pit | Clay, Peat | Past Producer | ||
| Centralia | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Centralia | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gillingham Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bernobich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centralia Pit & Plant No. 64 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Foron Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hanaford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeslee Junction | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Centralia | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fords Prairie | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nulls Crossing | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Galvin | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Chehalis | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kopiah | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Claquato | 8.4 miles | 15 |
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.









