Fobes Hill, Washington
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Snohomish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98290. The Survey maps it on the Snohomish quadrangle. 2,628 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFobes Hill grew from 2,418 to 2,628 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,418 | |
| 2020 | 2,628 | +210 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Fobes Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
| 19 August 1994 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | 16 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKIPLEY BOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Fobes Hill: 21 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 | ||
| Associated Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Snohomish Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalero Corner | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Snohomish | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| West Lake Stevens | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| South Snohomish | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Bromart | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Lowell | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Larimers Corner | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Machias | 4.5 miles | 26 |
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 Fobes Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475108 | 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 1513114. 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.









