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Day Creek, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lake Cavanaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98284. It stands on Day Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haystack Mountain quadrangle.

Day Creek within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Day Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLUE MOON
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTHE SKIPPER TOO
1 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNSET 17
6 August 2003Natural15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK RUN
20 August 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 Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Day Creek: 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Nickel. 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
Bald Mountain MineGold, CopperOccurrenceGold
Bald Mountain QuarryCopperPast Producer
Hamilton ClaimsIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881
Hamilton MillMagnesiteProducer
Last Chance MineGarnetOccurrence
LymanTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
LymanAsbestosPast Producer
Powell CreekNickelOccurrence
Powell CreekNickelOccurrence
EagleManganeseProspect1956

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
Lyman2.0 miles12
Minkler2.9 miles12
Hamilton Junction3.7 miles12
Hamilton4.4 miles17
Cokedale5.8 miles12
Sedro-Woolley9.0 miles12
Clear Lake9.2 miles16
Birdsview10.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1518515. 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.