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Montborne, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lake Cavanaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98274. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedro-Woolley South quadrangle.

Montborne within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Montborne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 ceremony32
Debris and open burning11
Fireworks11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEQUINOX
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFIRE MOUNTAIN
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG BEAR
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKHOUND 4
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJANICKI ROAD GYPSY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Montborne: 18 producers, 18 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 8 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Stone, Dimension, Nickel, 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
Big LakeGraphite, ChromiumOccurrence
Clear Lake MillTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold DepMagnesite, Nickel, GoldProspect
Cultus MountainNickel, Chromium, Arsenic, SulfurOccurrenceOrpiment, Pyrite, Realgar
Lak McmurrayFlagstoneOccurrence
Mount VernonChromium, Nickel, GoldOccurrence
Mount VernonNickel, Gold, MagnesiteOccurrence
Mount Vernon DepositNickel, Gold, Silver, ChromiumProspect1936
Nookachamp CreekDiatomiteOccurrence
Nookachamps CreekNickel, ArsenicOccurrenceUnknown

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
Big Lake1.8 miles16
Baker Heights4.1 miles21
McMurray4.5 miles15
Lake McMurray4.7 miles15
Cedardale5.6 miles19
Clear Lake5.8 miles16
Mount Vernon6.6 miles21
Conway7.0 miles19

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 Q122567932The 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 1512476. 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.