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Lowell, Washington

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98203. It stands on Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Everett quadrangle.

Lowell within Snohomish County

On record in Lowell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKAPOWSIN SWAMP
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters93RD DRIVE
17 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPENCER ISLAND
28 August 1992Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2014Fireworks16 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKIPLEY BOG
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSNO RIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 17 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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
(Facility) Everett Smelter Slag DumpIron, SilicaPlant
Associated Sand and Gravel Co IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Everett Brick YardClayPast Producer
LowellClayPast Producer
Lowell Brick CoClayPast Producer
N EverettClayPast Producer
Ne EverettClayPast Producer
SnohomishClayPast Producer
Everett Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S. Snohomish 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
Pinehurst1.4 miles25
Everett1.6 miles25
Everett Junction1.8 miles25
Casino Corner3.1 miles25
Intercity3.5 miles25
Cavalero Corner3.6 miles25
Darlington3.9 miles25
Delta Junction4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512407. 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.