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Anacortes Crossing, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies near Jackita Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Shull Mountain quadrangle.

Anacortes Crossing within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Anacortes Crossing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCENTER MOUNTAIN
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCASCADE CREEK
18 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBARRON
7 August 1997Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSHULL CREEK
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSKELETON
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFRIDAY
4 August 1998Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDECEPTION PASS
31 August 1994Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Anacortes Crossing: 25 prospects, 21 occurrences, 17 past producers, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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
Allen BasinGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Allen Basin GroupGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1898, 1940
Allen Basin GroupGold, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1898
AnacortesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, TelluriumOccurrence
Anacortes GroupGold, Zinc, Tellurium, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Anacortes MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, TelluriumPast Producer1875, 1892, 1937
Clearview? 1 and 2 ClaimsLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, CopperOccurrence1940
Foggy PassGold, Zinc, CopperProspect
Golden Arrow MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1895
Jim Mountain DepositSulfur-PyriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Cedar Crossing2.6 miles8
Barron6.4 miles8
Ruby (historical)12.7 miles9
Diablo17.2 miles8
Newhalem23.4 miles8
Boundary43.7 miles16
Glacier59.6 miles17
Warnick62.0 miles17

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 Q122592584The 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 1515859. 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.