Nelsons Corner, Washington

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Edmonds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98275. It lies near Big Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mukilteo quadrangle.

Nelsons 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
1942 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Edmonds quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Mukilteo quadrangle1:24000, 5 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Nelsons Corner between 1992 and 2009, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	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 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
28 August 1992	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
27 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH BEACH
21 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
29 June 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TIFFANY RD
7 October 1994	Fireworks	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Nelsons Corner: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Meadowdale	Clay	Past Producer
Everett Pit & Plant	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
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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
Mukilteo	1.6 miles	25
Edgewater	2.4 miles	25
Harbour Pointe	2.5 miles	25
Darlington	2.7 miles	25
Fairmont	2.8 miles	25
Picnic Point	3.2 miles	25
Intercity	3.5 miles	25
Serene	3.5 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512498. 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.