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West Park, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98312. The Survey maps it on the Bremerton West quadrangle.

West Park within Kitsap County

On record in West Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of West Park between 1992 and 2018, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDOWN TIMBER
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNNY SLOPE
29 August 2002Smoking2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST GREEN
21 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 1994Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHIGHWAY 3 WATERSHED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of West Park: 21 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Kitsap QuarryStoneProducer
Port OrchardClayPast Producer
Bourn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charleston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Olsen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pioneer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reynolds QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Waterman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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
Navy Yard City1.0 miles14
Charleston1.0 miles14
Madrona Point1.1 miles14
Sherman Heights1.3 miles14
Marine Drive1.8 miles14
Jackson Park1.9 miles14
Kitsap Lake2.1 miles14
Rocky Point2.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512793. 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.