Getchell, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98258. It stands on Getchell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake Stevens quadrangle. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lake Stevens quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Getchell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | FREEWAY |
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CANYON DR |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 112TH ST |
| 5 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POPEYES CORNER |
| 3 August 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Puget Sound Agency | DIRT PIT |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COYOTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Getchell: 12 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Pit and Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Clayburn Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Twitchell Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Getchell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hartford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hartford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisco Heights | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| North Marysville | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lochsloy | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hartford | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sobey | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Stevens | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sisco | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Marysville | 4.5 miles | 17 |
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 Getchell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988955 | 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 1505119. 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.







