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Fryelands, Washington

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98272. The Survey maps it on the Maltby quadrangle.

Fryelands within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Fryelands between 1992 and 2016, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 July 2009Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIMROCK
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFONTAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Fryelands: 27 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Monroe PitClayProducer
Monroe QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Spec Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SultanUraniumOccurrenceUnknown
SultanUraniumOccurrence
Builders Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cathcart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Connelly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hewitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Joplin Paving Pit & MillSand 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
Woodruff0.1 miles26
Roosevelt1.4 miles26
Monroe2.3 miles19
Monroe Junction2.7 miles19
Wagner3.9 miles16
High Rock4.3 miles19
Jamison Corner4.4 miles26
Cathcart5.1 miles26

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 Q122555943The 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 1510982. 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.