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Cedardale, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98274. It stands on Johnson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Cedardale within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Cedardale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
19 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters600
28 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARGATE
14 August 2003Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 2009Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOOTH
6 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSINNES RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Cedardale: 13 unknowns, 11 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Chromium. 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
Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold DepMagnesite, Nickel, GoldProspect
Mount VernonChromium, Nickel, GoldOccurrence
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, MagnesiteOccurrence
Mount Vernon DepositNickel, Gold, Silver, ChromiumProspect1936
QuarryStoneUnknown
Wind RiverGemstoneProducer
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, ChromiumOccurrence1915
Mount VernonStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Nordlund Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Conway1.7 miles19
Skagit City2.7 miles21
Milltown3.7 miles19
Mount Vernon4.3 miles21
Big Lake5.3 miles16
Rexville5.4 miles18
McMurray5.5 miles15
Montborne5.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510863. 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.