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Delta Junction, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98201. It lies near Smith Island. The Survey maps it on the Marysville quadrangle.

Delta Junction within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Delta Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyFREEWAY
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKAPOWSIN SWAMP
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters93RD DRIVE
17 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPENCER ISLAND
10 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 1992Debris 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 Snohomish 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 Delta Junction: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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
(Facility) Everett Smelter Slag DumpIron, SilicaPlant
Twitchell QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Arlington Pit and PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Associated Sand and Gravel Co IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Clayburn PitClayProducer
Everett Brick YardClayPast Producer
LowellClayPast Producer
Lowell Brick CoClayPast Producer
N EverettClayPast Producer
Ne EverettClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Everett2.5 miles25
Marysville2.7 miles17
Shaker Church3.4 miles17
Everett Junction3.7 miles25
Priest Point3.7 miles16
Cavalero Corner3.7 miles25
Lowell4.0 miles25
West Lake Stevens4.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510911. 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.