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Guemes, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Anacortes census division. It stands on Guemes Island. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes North quadrangle.

Guemes within Skagit County

On record in Guemes

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Guemes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony21
Smoking6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMPSITE 9
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2019Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAP SANTE
3 August 1997Other causesunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyUSCHURCH
29 August 2011Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEART LAKE
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. ERIE
26 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder 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 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Guemes: 13 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
AnacortesChromium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Fidalgo IslandCopper, GoldProspect
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, IronOccurrence
StephensCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
AnacopperSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceCopper, Gold
Anacortes Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
City of AnacortesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fidalgo IslandSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
StephensCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
StephensCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite

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
Anacortes1.4 miles12
Cap Sante1.5 miles12
North Beach2.9 miles11
Indian Village3.3 miles11
Alexander Beach4.2 miles12
Fidalgo4.7 miles14
Sharpes Corner5.1 miles14
Samish Island (historical)5.5 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 Q122566468The 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 1511016. 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.