North Sultan, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sultan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98294. It stands on Wagleys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Chaplain quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNorth Sultan fell from 381 to 256 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 381 | |
| 2010 | 264 | -117 (-31%) |
| 2020 | 256 | -8 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lake Chaplain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of North Sultan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KELLOGG LK RD |
| 26 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | REECE RD |
| 26 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BASIN |
| 13 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WOODS CREEK |
| 1 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VAN BROCKLIN RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of North Sultan: 15 past producers, 10 occurrences, 10 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller & Reynolds Prospect | Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Johnson | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Aaa Diorite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garrison Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Chaplain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sultan | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sultan River | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| S. Sultan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Startup Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sultan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sultan | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Startup | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Woods Creek | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gold Bar | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wagner | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| May Creek | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe Junction | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe | 8.9 miles | 19 |
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 North Sultan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510132 | 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 1852955. 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.





