Hoogdal, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Upper Samish River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98284. It lies near Warner Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Alger quadrangle.
On record in Hoogdal
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Hoogdal Schoollisted 2024 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Alger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Samish Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Alger quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Hoogdal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STICKY WICKET |
| 21 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DUKES HILL |
| 19 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | SKAGHOUSE |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 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 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Hoogdal: 16 unknowns, 9 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alger | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Dukes Hill Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Friday Creek | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Highways | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Dukes Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bar Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Belleville | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Callahan | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cascade Pit and Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornwood | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sedro-Woolley | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Belfast | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sterling | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Cokedale | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Alger | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Chuckanut Junction | 6.4 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hoogdal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122539189 | 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 1511040. 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.





