Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lake Cavanaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98274. It lies near Frailey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Stimson Hill quadrangle. 200 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLake Cavanaugh grew from 122 to 200 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 122 | |
| 2010 | 167 | +45 (+37%) |
| 2020 | 200 | +33 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Stimson Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Stimson Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lake Cavanaugh between 1993 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH SHORE ROAD |
| 13 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BALD VIEW |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CEDARVALE |
| 10 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CRANE CK |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEER CREEK |
| 23 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FRAILEY PIT |
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lake Cavanaugh: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero | Manganese | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Ernest Miller Prospect | Chromium, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Oso | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bryant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cavanaugh Lake | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Cavanaugh Lake | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Jack | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake McMurray | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Montborne | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| McMurray | 11.4 miles | 15 | |
| Day Creek | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| Big Lake | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hamilton | 13.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton Junction | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lyman | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Lake Cavanaugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503100 | 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 1852944. 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.








