Alexander Beach, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Anacortes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98221. The Survey maps it on the Deception Pass quadrangle.

Alexander Beach within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1943 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
1978 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	20
Smoking	11
Debris and open burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Other causes	4
Fireworks	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources	GINNETT RD
2 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
11 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LAKE PASS
10 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CAMPBELL LAKE
3 August 2019	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CAP SANTE
3 August 1997	Other causes	under an acre	Puget Sound Agency	USCHURCH
29 August 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HEART LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Alexander Beach: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anacortes	Chromium, Platinum	Occurrence	Chromite
Fidalgo Island	Copper, Gold	Prospect
Island Mine	Copper, Magnesite, Iron	Occurrence
Matrix Property	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Mountain Home	Manganese	Occurrence
Mountain Home Claim	Copper, Manganese	Occurrence	Bementite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Stephens	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Anacopper	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Copper, Gold
Fidalgo Island	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Underground
Stephens	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Skagit 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Anacortes	3.6 miles	12
Rosario Beach	3.8 miles	12
Sharpes Corner	4.2 miles	14
Guemes	4.2 miles	12
Howards Corner	4.3 miles	14
Cap Sante	4.3 miles	12
Dewey	4.4 miles	14
Fidalgo	4.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511958. 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.