Miller River, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98288. It stands on Miller River. The Survey maps it on the Grotto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 16 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.
- 1902 USGS Skykomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Skykomish quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Grotto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Miller River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | FOSS RIVER 2 |
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BARCLAY LAKE |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BUCKET |
| 28 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | SKYKOMISH |
| 18 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LOWE |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BECKLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Miller River: 41 unknowns, 27 occurrences, 16 prospects, 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akishin Claim | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Baring | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Beckler River Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Black Dike Prospect | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Gold Mountain Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Grand Central | Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Great Republic | Antimony, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Iron Home No. 1 | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Prospect | ||
| Kimball | Gold, Silver, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| King and Kinney | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grotto | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Skykomish | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Baring | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Nordrum (historical) | 13.3 miles | 18 | |
| Denny Creek | 21.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ernies Grove | 22.4 miles | 16 | |
| Junction | 22.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rockdale | 22.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1523192. 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.




