Birdsview, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98237. It stands on Grandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grandy Lake quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Mt Baker quadrangle1:192000
- 1909 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker Dist quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Birdsview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | 21 |
| 27 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | O'TOOLE CREEK |
| 24 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FINNEY CUMBERLAND |
| 1 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNSET 17 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOWER FINNEY |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PINELLI |
| 26 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHAMOME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Birdsview: 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Goat Mtn | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Hamilton Claims | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Hamilton Iron Deposit | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Sulfur | Prospect | 1881 | |
| Hamilton | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hamilton | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Burns | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Bluff Pit and Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassmere | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Concrete | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton Junction | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Van Horn | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Nestos (historical) | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lyman | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Day Creek | 10.3 miles | 15 |
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 Birdsview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988898 | 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 1516581. 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.










