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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.

Lake McMurray within Skagit County

Population over time

3 figures

Lake 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.

YearPeople Change
2000200
2010192-8 (-4%)
2020382+190 (+99%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

53 since 1992

Regional 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 burning15
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters36TH AVE
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters280TH STREET
3 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters600
29 August 1993Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 1992Debris 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 Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold DepMagnesite, Nickel, GoldProspect
Lak McmurrayFlagstoneOccurrence
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, ChromiumOccurrence1915
Mount VernonChromium, Nickel, GoldOccurrence
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, MagnesiteOccurrence
Mount Vernon DepositNickel, Gold, Silver, ChromiumProspect1936
Pilchuck CreekGoldProspect
QuarryStoneUnknown
Wind RiverGemstoneProducer
Dept. of HighwaysStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
McMurray0.2 miles15
Montborne4.7 miles16
Cedardale5.8 miles19
Big Lake6.1 miles16
Conway6.2 miles19
Milltown6.2 miles19
Skagit City8.4 miles21
Baker Heights8.4 miles21

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 McMurrayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1515588The 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.