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Freeland, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98249. The Survey maps it on the Freeland quadrangle. 2,252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 115 feet above sea level.

Freeland within Island County

Population over time

3 figures

Freeland grew from 1,313 to 2,252 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,313
20102,045+732 (+56%)
20202,252+207 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Freeland between 1992 and 2016, burning about 46 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 ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRIFTWOOD
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLONE LAKE RD
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLASSIC 12
1 September 1993Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMINOR CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Freeland: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Useless BayDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Island 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
Harbor Center0.1 miles14
Austin1.4 miles13
Sunlight Beach2.7 miles25
Bay View3.4 miles14
Beverly Beach3.6 miles14
Saratoga5.4 miles14
Bells Beach5.5 miles14
Midvale Corner5.9 miles25

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 FreelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1508227The 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 1505034. 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.