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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.

Pilchuck within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

36 since 1992

Regional 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 burning14
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRED FOX
7 August 2020Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFOREST STUMP
7 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWOODS CK
28 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH CARPENTER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BlomquistCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Blomquist MineSilver, Copper, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
Granite FallsMagnesiteOccurrence
Granite Falls ProspectMercury, NickelOccurrenceCinnabar, Garnierite, Genthite
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake JuliaLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Menzel LakeLimestone, DimensionUnknown
AndersonNickelProspect
Anderson ProspectNickelOccurrence
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
Lake Roesiger2.6 miles16
Lake Bosworth3.4 miles17
Forest Glade4.1 miles16
Granite Falls5.4 miles17
Hyland6.2 miles18
Sobey6.5 miles18
Lochsloy6.7 miles18
Three Lakes7.3 miles26

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.