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Norman, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Stanwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98292. It stands on South Slough. The Survey maps it on the Stanwood quadrangle.

Norman within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Norman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 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
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPIONEER
5 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters36TH AVE
18 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHAPPY VALLEY
31 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters280TH STREET
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTANWOOD MULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Norman: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
FlorenceDiatomiteOccurrence
East Stanwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Howard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pilchuck Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schenk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stillaguamish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sunday Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Silvana0.8 miles17
Silvana Terraces1.0 miles17
Florence3.5 miles17
Lake Goodwin4.8 miles17
East Stanwood4.9 miles17
English5.0 miles19
Lakewood5.0 miles19
North Stanwood5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511188. 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.