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Marketown, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98277. The Survey maps it on the Oak Harbor quadrangle.

Marketown within Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Marketown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes1
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
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELWHA ROAD
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSLEEPER
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Marketown: 10 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE. 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
Henni Pit and MillREEProducer
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Christensen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Everett Bros.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Krieg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marine Asphalt Pit 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Oak Harbor2.7 miles14
Swantown2.7 miles14
Cornet5.3 miles12
Penn Cove Park5.9 miles10
San de Fuca6.9 miles10
Captains Choice7.1 miles10
Coveland7.3 miles10
Coupeville7.4 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122558066The 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 1511124. 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.