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Dewey, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Anacortes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98221. It lies near Rodger Hill. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes South quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Dewey within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Dewey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 ceremony30
Debris and open burning13
Smoking10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks4
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCORNET
2 September 1997Naturalunder 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
15 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEAD MAN
11 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKE PASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Dewey: 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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
Allan IslandStoneOccurrence
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
StephensCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Swinomish BayMagnesite, NickelOccurrence
AnacopperSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceCopper, Gold

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
Yokeko Point0.9 miles14
Gibraltar1.4 miles14
Similk Beach2.3 miles14
Howards Corner2.4 miles14
Snee Oosh2.9 miles14
West Shore2.9 miles14
Rosario Beach3.0 miles12
Sharpes Corner3.0 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on DeweyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14713633The 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 1512147. 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.