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East Stanwood, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Stanwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98292. It stands on Jorgenson Slough. The Survey maps it on the Stanwood quadrangle.

East Stanwood within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of East Stanwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None 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 burning15
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
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 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPIONEER
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters36TH AVE
11 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
31 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTANWOOD MULCH
29 August 1993Other causesunder 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 East Stanwood: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
FlorenceDiatomiteOccurrence
East Stanwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ellestad, VirgilSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Ketchum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Schenk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stillaguamish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sunday Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
North Stanwood1.0 miles19
Stanwood1.3 miles17
Florence1.8 miles17
Lake Ketchum2.8 miles19
Silvana Terraces4.4 miles17
Norman4.9 miles17
Warm Beach5.1 miles17
Silvana5.7 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122553886The 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 1512173. 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.