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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.

Hoogdal within Skagit County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

49 since 1992

Regional 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 burning21
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTICKY WICKET
21 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDUKES HILL
19 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePuget Sound AgencySKAGHOUSE
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder 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 28 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AlgerTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Dukes Hill QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Friday CreekClayUnknown
Dept. of HighwaysStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Dukes Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bar Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
BellevilleSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
CallahanSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cascade Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Thornwood2.3 miles12
Prairie3.3 miles12
Sedro-Woolley3.9 miles12
Belfast4.0 miles14
Sterling4.7 miles21
Cokedale5.3 miles12
Alger6.1 miles14
Chuckanut Junction6.4 miles21

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 HoogdalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122539189The 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.