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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Mt Baker quadrangle1:192000
- 1909 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker Dist quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Grandy Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | 21 |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FINNEY CUMBERLAND |
| 20 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOWER FINNEY |
| 23 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clendenen Point Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Concrete | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Goat Mtn | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Lone Star Cement Corp. | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| Sawmill | Palladium | Unknown | ||
| Sweden | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Concrete | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Burns | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Bluff Pit and Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Van Horn | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Nestos (historical) | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Birdsview | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sauk | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rockport | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton Junction | 12.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122547736 | 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 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.










