BlockWildwood, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Toledo-Vader census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98538. It stands on Sep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wildwood quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ryderwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wildwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MOUNTAIN MAN |
| 28 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CEMETARY |
| 25 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BERRY RD |
| 20 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KING RD |
| 2 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FOLGERS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wildwood: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Road | Silica | Occurrence |
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.
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 Wildwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989131 | 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 1509518. 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.