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Jordan, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98223. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arlington East quadrangle.

Jordan within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 109 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEIGHTS RD
5 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPAINTBALL
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEMLOCK
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCANYON DR
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters112TH ST
14 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1993Debris 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 Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Jordan: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fry PropertyCopper, ZincUnknown
Haun ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Skagit Power LineLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Jim CreekDiatomiteOccurrence
Kings LakeDiatomiteOccurrence
PaddockStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Twin LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Arlington Industrial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jordan Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riverscene PitSand 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
Riverside3.0 miles18
Sisco Heights3.9 miles18
Arlington Heights4.0 miles17
Sisco5.5 miles19
Edgecomb5.5 miles19
Sobey5.6 miles18
Granite Falls5.7 miles17
Arlington5.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521464. 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.