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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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
- 1941 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | FREEWAY |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KAPOWSIN SWAMP |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 93RD DRIVE |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPENCER ISLAND |
| 10 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 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 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Everett Smelter Slag Dump | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| Twitchell Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Arlington Pit and Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Associated Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Clayburn Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Everett Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lowell | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lowell Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ne Everett | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Marysville | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Shaker Church | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Everett Junction | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Priest Point | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cavalero Corner | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Lowell | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| West Lake Stevens | 4.8 miles | 26 |
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.







