West Lake Sammamish, Washington

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Seattle East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98008. It stands on Squibbs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Issaquah quadrangle.

West Lake Sammamish within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1950 USGS Issaquah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Bellevue South quadrangle1:25000
1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Lake Sammamish in 1993, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Smoking	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
10 September 1993	Smoking	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of West Lake Sammamish: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harris Clay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Sunset Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Harris Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Section 31 Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Coal Creek Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Factoria Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Issaquah Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Issaquah Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ps A 224 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in King 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Vasa Park	0.6 miles	23
Cougar Hills	1.2 miles	23
Mint Grove	1.8 miles	23
Sunset Village	2.1 miles	23
Robinswood	2.3 miles	23
Eastgate	2.4 miles	23
Hilltop	2.7 miles	23
Lake Hills	2.7 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867642. 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.