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Priest Point, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulalip Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98271. The Survey maps it on the Tulalip quadrangle. 779 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Priest Point within Snohomish County

On record in Priest Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Priest Point between 1992 and 2015, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Fireworks6
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyFREEWAY
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's Office22 DRIVE
10 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyFISHMAN
25 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyTUL-THIN
25 August 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2007Fireworksunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyTULALIP SHORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Priest Point: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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
(Facility) Everett Smelter Slag DumpIron, SilicaPlant
Arlington Pit and PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Associated Sand and Gravel Co IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Everett Brick YardClayPast Producer
N EverettClayPast Producer
Ne EverettClayPast Producer
Gedney Hat Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Mission Beach1.4 miles16
Shaker Church1.6 miles17
Tulalip3.1 miles16
Tulalip Bay3.1 miles16
Delta Junction3.7 miles17
Marysville4.1 miles17
Everett4.8 miles25
Everett Junction4.8 miles25

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 Priest PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1512380The 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 1867628. 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.