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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.

Lake Cavanaugh within Skagit County

Population over time

3 figures

Lake 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.

YearPeople Change
2000122
2010167+45 (+37%)
2020200+33 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

28 since 1993

Regional 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
18 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH SHORE ROAD
13 September 2016Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBALD VIEW
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCEDARVALE
10 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCRANE CK
5 August 2010Natural1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEER CREEK
23 August 2003Debris and open burning30 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFRAILEY PIT

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CiceroManganeseProspect1940
Ernest Miller ProspectChromium, NickelOccurrence
OsoStoneOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
BryantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cavanaugh LakeNickelOccurrence
Cavanaugh LakeNickelOccurrence
JackStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Lake McMurray11.2 miles15
Montborne11.3 miles16
McMurray11.4 miles15
Day Creek12.1 miles15
Big Lake12.8 miles16
Hamilton13.6 miles17
Hamilton Junction13.8 miles12
Lyman14.0 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.

Wikipedia article on Lake CavanaughAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503100The 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.