Murphys Corner, Washington

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98208. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Everett quadrangle.

Murphys Corner within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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.

1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1944 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Everett quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Murphys Corner between 2012 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
23 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SNO RIVER
6 October 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LAST DIGGINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Murphys Corner: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Everett Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Roosevelt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
S. Snohomish Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Snohomish 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mill Creek	1.3 miles	26
Wintermutes Corner	2.1 miles	26
Osborn Corner	2.2 miles	25
Seattle Hill	2.3 miles	25
Martha Lake	2.5 miles	26
Silver Firs	2.9 miles	26
Lake Stickney	2.9 miles	25
Intercity	2.9 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1506900. 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.