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Baker Heights, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lake Cavanaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98273. It stands on Turner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Baker Heights within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Baker Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning17
Fireworks8
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEQUINOX
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFIRE MOUNTAIN
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJANICKI ROAD GYPSY
8 August 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKHOUND #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Baker Heights: 23 unknowns, 18 occurrences, 16 producers, 10 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Big LakeGraphite, ChromiumOccurrence
BurlingtonAsbestosPast Producer
BurlingtonStoneOccurrence
Clear Lake MillTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Mount VernonChromium, Nickel, GoldOccurrence
Mount Vernon DepositNickel, Gold, Silver, ChromiumProspect1936
Nookachamp CreekDiatomiteOccurrence
Nookachamps CreekNickel, ArsenicOccurrenceUnknown
TilonClayPast Producer
James StevensGemstoneOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clear Lake2.2 miles16
Big Lake2.3 miles16
Montborne4.1 miles16
Sterling4.2 miles21
Mount Vernon4.4 miles21
Burlington4.7 miles21
Sedro-Woolley4.8 miles12
Chuckanut Junction5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510803. 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.