Lake McMurray, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98274. The Survey maps it on the McMurray quadrangle. 382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLake McMurray grew from 200 to 382 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 | 200 | |
| 2010 | 192 | -8 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 382 | +190 (+99%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Mc Murray quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Lake McMurray between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 36TH AVE |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 280TH STREET |
| 3 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 600 |
| 29 August 1993 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Lake McMurray: 9 producers, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold Dep | Magnesite, Nickel, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Lak Mcmurray | Flagstone | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon | Nickel, Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | 1915 | |
| Mount Vernon | Chromium, Nickel, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon | Nickel, Gold, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon Deposit | Nickel, Gold, Silver, Chromium | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Pilchuck Creek | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Wind River | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Dept. of Highways | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMurray | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Montborne | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cedardale | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Big Lake | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Conway | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Milltown | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Skagit City | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Baker Heights | 8.4 miles | 21 |
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 McMurray | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515588 | 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 2413639. 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.







