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Corkindale, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98283. It stands on Corkindale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marblemount quadrangle.

Corkindale within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Corkindale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,202 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMARBLEMOUNT STRIKE
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUPRIVER 3
17 September 2017Debris and open burning4.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCASCADIA
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestFS CASCADIA
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestROAD 16
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeMARBLEMOUNT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Corkindale: 8 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Graphite. 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
Cascade Talc PitTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Fred WenrichStonePast Producer
Jordan CreekNickelOccurrenceUnknown
Jordan CreekNickelOccurrence
Marblemount AreaTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Skagit RiverGraphiteOccurrence
Skagit RiverGraphiteProspect
Wash Marble & Building StoneStoneUnknown
Rods Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and 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
Marblemount1.8 miles9
Rockport6.8 miles13
Portage6.8 miles9
Sauk8.4 miles14
Nestos (historical)12.0 miles15
Van Horn12.3 miles15
Mansford14.1 miles15
Concrete14.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122594723The 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 1518108. 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.