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Cicero, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98223. The Survey maps it on the Stimson Hill quadrangle.

Cicero within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Cicero between 1993 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
12 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCEDARVALE
24 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 August 2003Debris and open burning30 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFUCHSL
16 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFRAILEY PIT
14 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT CAVANAUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cicero: 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Oso QuarryPumicePast Producer
Cavanaugh LakeNickelOccurrence
Cavanaugh LakeNickelOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
CiceroManganeseProspect1940
Lake RileyManganeseProspect1956
Lake Riley ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodochrosite, Rhodonite
ArlingtonIronOccurrence
JeffersonIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Snohomish County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cicero in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCicero$5,000Microburst. Damage survey indicated straight-line winds. Many trees uprooted or snapped off. 18-inch healthy cedar was snapped off 8 feet above ground. 27-inch partially core-rotted cedar was snapped off at the same level. Damage path estimated at 230 feet wide, length 350-500 yards long. It lasted about 45 seconds.

Every storm recorded in Snohomish 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
Trafton3.4 miles17
Oso4.3 miles15
Arlington Heights5.4 miles17
Halterman6.7 miles15
Arlington Junction7.6 miles19
Arlington7.8 miles19
Bryant8.1 miles19
Rowan8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517779. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.