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Maple Valley is a city in King County, Washington United States. The population was 28,013 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The city functions as a commuter town for residents, though there is an increasing amount of commercial activity in the area.
The Hobart area was first settled by loggers in 1879, and originally known as "Vine Maple Valley". The name was changed when deemed too long by the Post Office. [4] The Hobart Post Office was first opened May 9, 1903 with William Sidebotham as first postmaster. [5] A coal mine also operated in the area as late as 1947.
Acer circinatum, or vine maple, is a species of maple native to northwestern North America.Vine maple typically grows as a low-elevation coastal tree in temperate areas of high precipitation such as the west coast of Oregon and northern California, as well as the temperate rainforests of Washington and British Columbia. [3]
Maple is considered a tonewood, or a wood that carries sound waves well, and is used in numerous musical instruments. Maple is harder and has a brighter sound than mahogany, which is another major tonewood used in instrument manufacturing. [32] The back, sides, and neck of most violins, violas, cellos, and double basses are made from maple.
The restaurant is located in Maple Tree Place a short walk from the Majestic 10 movie theater. “A heartfelt thank you to our talented staff throughout the years, especially our most recent crew ...
The vegetation consists of Douglas-fir and western hemlock forests, with sword fern, vine maple, salal, Oregon grape, and rhododendron shrub layer. Wetter slopes and riparian areas support red alder, western redcedar, bigleaf maple, salmonberry, and oxalis. Large herds of Roosevelt elk winter in the region.
The Coast Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California.It stretches along the Pacific Coast from the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the north to the San Francisco Bay in the south, including Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington, the entire length of the ...
The western slope of the Wind River valley is shaped like a fault scarp, and it seems to be aligned with Trout Creek Hill, suggesting a potential fault line there that trends to the northwest. [14] However, the six or seven emplaced lava flow deposits in the area only show small amounts of alteration to the west of the valley, and they show no ...