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Milltown, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98292. It stands on Milltown Island. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Milltown within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters36TH AVE
11 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARGATE
12 August 2009Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOOTH
10 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSINNES RD
5 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKE 16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit 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 Milltown: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Gold, Stone, Chromium. 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
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, ChromiumOccurrence1915
Mount VernonChromium, Nickel, GoldOccurrence
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, MagnesiteOccurrence
Mount Vernon DepositNickel, Gold, Silver, ChromiumProspect1936
QuarryStoneUnknown
ConwaySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept. of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept. of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Stanwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Conway2.2 miles19
Cedardale3.7 miles19
Skagit City5.2 miles21
Rexville5.7 miles18
McMurray6.0 miles15
Lake McMurray6.2 miles15
Fish Town7.5 miles18
Mount Vernon7.8 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 MilltownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q111912041The 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 1511156. 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.