BlockMonte Cristo, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies near Seventysix Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Monte Cristo quadrangle. It stands 2,762 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 17 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 Monte Cristo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Monte Cristo between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BARLOW PASS #2 |
| 6 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BARLOW PASS |
| 20 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WEEDEN |
| 15 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | WAGON ROAD |
| 13 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | SILVERTIP |
| 31 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | MONTE CRISTO |
| 30 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | CHEESY POOF |
| 29 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | VIRGIN LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 334 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 334 workings within 5 miles of Monte Cristo: 146 prospects, 125 occurrences, 38 past producers, 24 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | Gold, Graphite, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Canyon | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Bluebell Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cascade | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Comet Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Congress | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Copper Chief | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Daisy | Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Daisy Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Emma Moore | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Cadmium | 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.
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 Monte Cristo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3322523 | 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 1523329. 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.