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.
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.
Marine Supply and Hardware Complexlisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
California Fruit Storelisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
Wilson Hotellisted 2004 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1973 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMPSITE 9 |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAP SANTE |
| 3 August 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | USCHURCH |
| 29 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEART LAKE |
| 29 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT. ERIE |
| 26 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 29 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes | Chromium, Platinum | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Fidalgo Island | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Island Mine | Copper, Magnesite, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Stephens | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Anacopper | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Copper, Gold | |
| Anacortes Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City of Anacortes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fidalgo Island | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Stephens | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Stephens | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cap Sante | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Beach | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Indian Village | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alexander Beach | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fidalgo | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sharpes Corner | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Samish Island (historical) | 5.5 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 Q122566468 | 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 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.





