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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Sedro-Woolley South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EQUINOX |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FIRE MOUNTAIN |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG BEAR |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKHOUND 4 |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JANICKI ROAD GYPSY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | Graphite, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold Dep | Magnesite, Nickel, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Cultus Mountain | Nickel, Chromium, Arsenic, Sulfur | Occurrence | Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Lak Mcmurray | Flagstone | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon | Chromium, Nickel, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon | Nickel, Gold, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon Deposit | Nickel, Gold, Silver, Chromium | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Nookachamp Creek | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Nookachamps Creek | Nickel, Arsenic | Occurrence | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Baker Heights | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| McMurray | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake McMurray | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cedardale | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Clear Lake | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Vernon | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Conway | 7.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q122567932 | The 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.







