Diablo, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98283. It stands on Stetattle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diablo Dam quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
On record in Diablo
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 2 records
Beaver Pass Shelterlisted 1989
Sourdough Mountain Lookoutlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diablo Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Diablo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,478 acres in total. 26 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | WEE |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Cascades National Park | OVERLOOK |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | SOURDOUGH STRIKE |
| 4 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | SOURDOUGH |
| 23 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ross Lake National Recreation Area | COLONIAL CREEK |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | PYRAMID RG |
| 9 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | PYRAMID LK |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | RUBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Diablo: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Diablo Claim | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Scougale Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Scougale Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diablo in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Flood | Diablo | $100,000 | Parts of Highway 20 between Newhalem and Diablo were washed away by heavy rain and flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Newhalem | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Anacortes Crossing | 17.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Crossing | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Barron | 22.7 miles | 8 | |
| Boundary | 31.5 miles | 16 | |
| Glacier | 44.3 miles | 17 | |
| Warnick | 46.8 miles | 17 |
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 Diablo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17198982 | The 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 1518740. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




