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Whiskey Bend, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Port Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Fitzhenry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane Hill quadrangle.

Whiskey Bend within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Whiskey Bend between 1992 and 2018, burning about 831 acres in total. 19 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 ceremony20
Natural19
Smoking6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 2006Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlympic National ParkELWHA RSRT
6 September 2003Natural820 acresOlympic National ParkGRIFF
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOlympic National ParkHURRICANE
3 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkISLANDS2
14 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreOlympic National ParkLEWIS LAST
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkLAKE MILLS
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkHUMES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Whiskey Bend: 17 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Geothermal, Manganese, Iron. 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
HurricaneManganese, IronOccurrenceBementite, Hausmannite, Rhodonite
Olympic Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Broken Shovel ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Chappie ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Ella ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
F. and L. ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Hurricane ClaimManganese, IronPast ProducerBementite, Hausmannite, Hematite, Rhodonite
J and J and Sunset ClaimManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Broken Shovel DepositManganeseOccurrence
ChappieManganeseUnknown1956

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
Windy Arm1.8 miles17
Olympic Hot Springs5.6 miles16
Elwha6.4 miles16
Snug Harbor9.7 miles14
Maple Grove10.1 miles14
Coville11.2 miles12
Ramapo11.8 miles14
Lower Elwha12.2 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122564661The 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 1528025. 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.