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Cedar Crossing, Washington

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It stands on Friday Creek. The Survey maps it on the Azurite Peak quadrangle.

Cedar Crossing within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Crossing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCENTER MOUNTAIN
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCASCADE CREEK
18 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBARRON
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMCKAY RIDGE
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestWAYNER
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSKELETON
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFRIDAY
5 August 1999Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGRANITE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 114 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 114 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Crossing: 38 occurrences, 36 prospects, 33 past producers, 6 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen BasinGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Allen Basin GroupGold, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1898
AnacortesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, TelluriumOccurrence
Anacortes GroupGold, Zinc, Tellurium, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Anacortes MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, TelluriumPast Producer1875, 1892, 1937
AzuriteSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrence
Azurite MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1915, 1918, 1939
Azurite MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Clearview? 1 and 2 ClaimsLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, CopperOccurrence1940
Golden ArrowGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Anacortes Crossing2.6 miles7
Barron5.4 miles8
Ruby (historical)13.0 miles9
Diablo17.3 miles8
Newhalem23.3 miles8
Boundary45.2 miles16
Glacier60.6 miles17
Warnick63.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517559. 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.