Anacortes, 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 Anacortes North quadrangle. 17,637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
On record in Anacortes
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 records
W. T. PRESTON (snagboat)National Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Anacortes Public Librarylisted 1977
California Fruit Storelisted 1987
Causland Parklisted 1981
Deception Passlisted 1982
Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall-Anacorteslisted 2019
Great Northern Depotlisted 1987
LA MERCEDlisted 1990
Marine Supply and Hardware Complexlisted 1987
Wilson Hotellisted 2004- Burrows Island Light Stationlisted 2024
- Semar Blocklisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresAnacortes grew from 15,778 to 17,637 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,778 | |
| 2020 | 17,637 | +1,859 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1973 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Anacortes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMPSITE 9 |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 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 |
| 29 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT. ERIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Anacortes: 14 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes | Chromium, Platinum | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Fidalgo Island | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Island Mine | Copper, Magnesite, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| 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 | ||
| Stephens | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Sante | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Guemes | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fidalgo | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Alexander Beach | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sharpes Corner | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| North Beach | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Howards Corner | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Village | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Anacortes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483595 | 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 1511964. 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.





