Clear Lake, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clear Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98235. It lies near Skagit Valley. The Survey maps it on the Sedro-Woolley South quadrangle. 1,228 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresClear Lake grew from 942 to 1,228 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 942 | |
| 2010 | 1,002 | +60 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 1,228 | +226 (+23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Sedro-Woolley South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Clear Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DUKES HILL |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | THE SKIPPER TOO |
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JANICKI ROAD GYPSY |
| 8 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Clear Lake: 19 unknowns, 13 occurrences, 12 producers, 10 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | Graphite, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Burlington | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| James Stevens | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Nookachamp Creek | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Tilon | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Nookachamps Creek | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Nookachamps Creek | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Bar Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Stone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Heights | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sedro-Woolley | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sterling | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Big Lake | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Burlington | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cokedale | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chuckanut Junction | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Montborne | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Clear Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515610 | 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 1512096. 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.







