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Indian Village, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Anacortes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98221. The Survey maps it on the Cypress Island quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Indian Village within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Indian Village between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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 ceremony13
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
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
26 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 2016Smoking18 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCRANBERRY LAKE
21 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAGLE CLIFF
11 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersAMPHITHEATER
4 July 2001Fireworksunder 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Indian Village: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Platinum, Gold. 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
Last Chance ClaimChromium, GoldPast ProducerChromite
Mayer City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ready Cash ClaimChromium, PlatinumPast Producer1917, 1918
Twins GroupChromium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1902, 1918
Beacon PointMagnesiteProducer
Olivine Corp.MagnesiteUnknown
Olivine HillMagnesite, ChromiumProducer
Reef PointMagnesiteProducer
Strawberry BayMagnesiteProducer
Cypress LakeChromiumPast Producer

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
North Beach1.1 miles11
Guemes3.3 miles12
Urban3.8 miles11
Cap Sante4.6 miles12
Anacortes4.6 miles12
Samish Island (historical)5.8 miles12
Atlanta (historical)6.3 miles12
Alexander Beach6.8 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 Q114358755The 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 1512322. 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.