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Grassmere, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98237. It lies near Burpee Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grandy Lake quadrangle.

Grassmere within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Grassmere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest21
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFINNEY CUMBERLAND
20 September 1998Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined44 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLOWER FINNEY
23 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Grassmere: 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Clay. 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
Clendenen Point Iron DepositIronOccurrence
ConcreteStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Goat MtnLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Lone Star Cement Corp.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
SawmillPalladiumUnknown
SwedenCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer
ConcreteLimestone, GeneralProducer
BurnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept. of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle Bluff Pit and Portable MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Concrete1.8 miles15
Van Horn4.3 miles15
Nestos (historical)4.9 miles15
Birdsview5.2 miles17
Sauk9.3 miles14
Rockport10.4 miles13
Hamilton11.2 miles17
Hamilton Junction12.1 miles12

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 Q122547736The 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 1520253. 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.