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Nooksack, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Sumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98276. It stands on Breckenridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sumas quadrangle. 1,471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

Nooksack within Whatcom County

Population over time

2 figures

Nooksack grew from 1,338 to 1,471 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,338
20201,471+133 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Nooksack between 1992 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 ceremony10
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUMAS MTN
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBADGER ROAD
7 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUMAS OVERLOOK
22 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAR 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Nooksack: 14 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, Iron. 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
Denny-Renton Clay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hampton PitClayPast Producer
Smith ProspectManganese, VanadiumOccurrenceUnknown
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIron, Chromium, NickelOccurrence1915
Sumas Mountain Olivine DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Vogel Farm DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Nooksack MineGoldPast Producer1898, 1903, 1908
Nooksack MineGoldProspect
SmithManganeseUnknown1956
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIronProspect

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Everson1.2 miles17
Hampton1.5 miles17
Strandell2.2 miles17
Clearbrook3.5 miles17
Lawrence5.1 miles16
Goshen5.1 miles16
Northwood5.2 miles15
Sumas5.8 miles0

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 NooksackAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1501955The 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 1507007. 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.