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Cornet, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98277. It lies near Ben Ure Island. The Survey maps it on the Deception Pass quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Cornet within Island County

On record in Cornet

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Cornet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Fireworks2

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesGINNETT RD
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSLEEPER
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCORNET
3 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2005Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKAGIT ISLAND CANDLE
17 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cornet: 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, REE. 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
Fidalgo IslandSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Fidalgo IslandCopper, GoldProspect
Henni Pit and MillREEProducer
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, IronOccurrence
Matrix PropertyGold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Mountain HomeManganeseOccurrence
Mountain Home ClaimCopper, ManganeseOccurrenceBementite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Island Frontier Landscape Const.Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
John A. StevensStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Northwest Talc & Magnesium CoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Island 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
Marketown5.3 miles14
Oak Harbor7.1 miles14
Swantown7.7 miles14
Penn Cove Park11.0 miles10
Maple Grove Beach11.5 miles14
Captains Choice12.1 miles10
San de Fuca12.2 miles10
Rodena Beach12.2 miles10

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 Q27988923The 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 1511872. 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.