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Fidalgo, 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. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes South quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Fidalgo 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Fidalgo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning10
Smoking9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
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
11 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKE PASS
10 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMPBELL LAKE
3 August 2019Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAP SANTE
29 August 2011Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEART LAKE
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. ERIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Fidalgo: 10 occurrences, 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Stone. 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
AnacortesChromium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Fidalgo IslandCopper, GoldProspect
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, IronOccurrence
Mountain HomeManganeseOccurrence
Mountain Home ClaimCopper, ManganeseOccurrenceBementite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Olivine Corp.MagnesiteUnknown
StephensCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
AnacopperSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceCopper, Gold
Fidalgo IslandSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
StephensCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence

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
Sharpes Corner1.1 miles14
Howards Corner1.6 miles14
Whitmarsh Junction1.9 miles14
Similk Beach2.0 miles14
Gibraltar3.2 miles14
Cap Sante3.3 miles12
Anacortes3.4 miles12
Snee Oosh3.8 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 FidalgoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988946The 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 1531682. 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.