BlockWaldron, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98297. It lies near Disney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Waldron Island quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Waldron Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Roche Harbor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Waldron Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Waldron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CROW VALLEY |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | CLAY FARM RD |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JONES ISLAND |
| 3 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LIME QUARRY |
| 13 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREAVES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Waldron: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Barge Co. Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Harbor Feldspar Deposit | Feldspar | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Englehartson Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Fowler Deposit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Imperial Lime Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Island Depsoit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Red Cross Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Rusch Deposit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Soderberg Quarries | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Beach | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beach Haven | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Deer Harbor | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Camp Orkila | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| West Sound | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Eastsound | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dolphin | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Orcas | 7.9 miles | 11 |
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 Waldron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473901 | 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 1511404. 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.