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Nugents Corner, Washington

16 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 98247. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence quadrangle. It stands 161 feet above sea level.

Nugents Corner within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Nugents Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
24 September 1995Fireworks50 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyMCKAYCAR
3 August 1994Natural8.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAR 2
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGOODWIN
14 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHILLARD RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom 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 Nugents Corner: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Graphite, Gold. 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
Anderson Creek Graphite DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Deming QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hope PlacerGoldProspect
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIron, Chromium, NickelOccurrence1915
Sumas Mountain Olivine DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Sumas Mountain Iron DepositIronProspect
Bengen Farms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Childers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nugent's Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Singer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Cedarville0.5 miles16
Lawrence1.0 miles16
Goshen2.9 miles16
Deming4.0 miles11
Wahl4.1 miles16
Strandell6.0 miles17
Everson6.0 miles17
Nooksack6.1 miles17

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 Nugents CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122561238The 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 1513944. 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.