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Woodlawn, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Aberdeen-Hoquiam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on East Fork Hoquiam River. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle.

Woodlawn within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJEFFERSON
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBISHOP
13 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersENDERSON ROAD
9 August 1996Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 1998Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2019Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRECKINRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Woodlawn: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gold, Platinum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cow Point PlacerGoldOccurrence
HoquiamGold, PlatinumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Hoquiam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
East AberdeenSilicaPast Producer
West AberdeenSilicaPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hagara PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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
Hoquiam1.4 miles12
East Hoquiam1.9 miles9
Herbig Heights2.5 miles9
Broadway Heights2.8 miles9
Pilgrim Heights3.0 miles9
Bel-Aire3.1 miles9
Aberdeen3.9 miles9
North Aberdeen4.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511439. 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.