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High Rock, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98272. It stands on Peoples Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.

High Rock within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of High Rock between 1994 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 ceremony13
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism2
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
21 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTHE KING
10 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST KING LAKE
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOWERLINE
4 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHAPEL
31 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLK FONTAL
30 August 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of High Rock: 19 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Monroe PitClayProducer
Monroe QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Spec Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SultanUraniumOccurrenceUnknown
SultanUraniumOccurrence
Builders Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Connelly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hewitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Joplin Paving Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maltby Northwest Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Snohomish 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
Pearson Eddy1.6 miles19
Monroe3.0 miles19
Monroe Junction3.2 miles19
Echo Lake3.9 miles26
Fryelands4.3 miles26
Woodruff4.4 miles26
Wagner5.2 miles16
Roosevelt5.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520787. 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.