BlockWelcome, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98244. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deming quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1919 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Deming quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Welcome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 1995 | Fireworks | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | MCKAYCAR |
| 1 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH DYKE TIRE |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NIGHT RIDER |
| 4 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | WEXLA |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARLBORO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Welcome: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes Veneer Inc. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hope Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Loggers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meuer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nooksack River Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Welcome Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulshan | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Deming | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Van Zandt | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Nooksack Salmon Hatchery | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kendall | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Clipper | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nugents Corner | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Balford | 6.7 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 Welcome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989117 | 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 1530573. 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.