BlockPortage, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98267. It stands on Bacon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marblemount quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Marblemount quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Marblemount quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Portage between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,190 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARBLEMOUNT STRIKE |
| 3 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | DAMNATION CREEK |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Cascades National Park | SKAGIT 113 |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | OLD MAN |
| 17 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CASCADIA |
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | FS CASCADIA |
| 12 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Portage: 9 producers, 6 unknowns, 6 past producers, 5 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone, Nickel, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damnation Creek | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Scheel Doris # 3 | Silica | Producer | ||
| Skagit River | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Mine | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Washington | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Aluard | Nickel | Occurrence | Pyrrhotite | |
| Alvard | Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Bacon Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Diobsud | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Doris | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marblemount | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Corkindale | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rockport | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sauk | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Nestos (historical) | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Van Horn | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Concrete | 19.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mansford | 20.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1530569. 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.