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Washington Harbor, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sequim census division. It lies near The Middle Ground. The Survey maps it on the Sequim quadrangle.

Washington Harbor within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Washington Harbor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 82 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREYS MARSH
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERVIEW
27 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2003Recreation and ceremony20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1992Debris and open burning16 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Washington Harbor: 14 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Manganese. 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
Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200Sand and Gravel, Construction, ManganesePast Producer
Coal Lake Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Evans Creek Pit No 1Stone, DimensionUnknown
Evans Creek Pit No 2Stone, DimensionUnknown
Hallers PitStone, DimensionProducer
One Ok QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
P Line QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Almaden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blynn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blynn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
Port Williams1.2 miles13
Bell Hill2.6 miles13
Sequim3.0 miles13
Happy Valley3.4 miles13
Jamestown4.1 miles8
Blyn4.4 miles13
River Road4.5 miles12
Dungeness6.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1527827. 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.