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Andron, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1966. It stands in the Darrington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98241. The Survey maps it on the Darrington quadrangle.

Andron within Snohomish County

On record in Andron

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Andron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest2140
1 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestTWIN BRIDGES
30 August 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters530 YARD
28 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARCO PIT
28 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestBURNS CREEK
20 August 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLEAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Andron: 32 occurrences, 20 prospects, 7 unknowns, 3 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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
Blue BirdGold, Copper, Nickel, SilverOccurrence
CourtneyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldProspect
Courtney MineGold, Lead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
DarringtonFeldsparOccurrence
FeldtSilver, Antimony, Gold, Lead, ZincProspect
Feldt ProspectCopper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, CobaltOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Forest HopeSilver, Gold, Copper, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar, Mercury
Gold HillLead, Zinc, CopperUnknown
Gold Hill QuarryStonePast Producer
Gold MountainCopper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Snohomish 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
Darrington0.6 miles15
Barco3.7 miles14
White Horse5.3 miles14
Fortson6.4 miles14
Swede Heaven6.6 miles14
Tulker8.5 miles15
Hazel10.8 miles15
Silverton12.9 miles16

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 Q122560462The 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 1515894. 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.