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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.

Birdsview within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

40 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony10
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest21
27 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersO'TOOLE CREEK
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFINNEY CUMBERLAND
1 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNSET 17
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLOWER FINNEY
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPINELLI
26 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHAMOME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConcreteStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Goat MtnLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Hamilton ClaimsIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881
Hamilton Iron DepositIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, SulfurProspect1881
HamiltonIron, ManganeseOccurrence
HamiltonIron, ManganesePast Producer
BurnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept. of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle Bluff Pit and Portable MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Grassmere5.2 miles17
Hamilton6.0 miles17
Concrete6.9 miles15
Hamilton Junction7.0 miles12
Van Horn9.0 miles15
Nestos (historical)9.4 miles15
Lyman9.9 miles12
Day Creek10.3 miles15

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 BirdsviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988898The 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.