Pilchuck, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Granite Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98252. It stands on Purdy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granite Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Stillaguamish quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Stilaguamish quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Stillaguamish quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Granite Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Granite Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pilchuck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RED FOX |
| 7 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FOREST STUMP |
| 7 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WOODS CK |
| 28 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH CARPENTER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pilchuck: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Limestone, Dimension, Silver, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blomquist | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Blomquist Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite | |
| Granite Falls | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Falls Prospect | Mercury, Nickel | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Garnierite, Genthite | |
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Julia | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Menzel Lake | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Anderson | Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Anderson Prospect | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Roesiger | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Bosworth | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Glade | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Granite Falls | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hyland | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sobey | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lochsloy | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Three Lakes | 7.3 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1530548. 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.







