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Gibraltar, 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. It lies near Kiket Island. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes South quadrangle. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

Gibraltar 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Gibraltar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 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 ceremony30
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking9
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCORNET
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOLAHDWH LANE
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
17 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEAD MAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit 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 Gibraltar: 9 occurrences, 8 producers, 7 unknowns, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel, Copper. 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
AlversonNickel, ArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Alverson DepositStrontium, NickelOccurrence
Fidalgo IslandCopper, GoldProspect
Henni Pit and MillREEProducer
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, IronOccurrence
Matrix PropertyGold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Mountain HomeManganeseOccurrence
Mountain Home ClaimCopper, ManganeseOccurrenceBementite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
StephensCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Swinomish BayMagnesite, NickelOccurrence

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
Similk Beach1.2 miles14
Dewey1.4 miles14
Snee Oosh1.6 miles14
West Shore1.6 miles14
Howards Corner1.6 miles14
Yokeko Point2.2 miles14
Sharpes Corner2.3 miles14
Fidalgo3.2 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 GibraltarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5559114The 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 1510987. 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.