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.
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.
Indian Shaker Churchlisted 1976 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tulalip quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | FREEWAY |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | 22 DRIVE |
| 10 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | FISHMAN |
| 25 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | TUL-THIN |
| 25 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | TULALIP SHORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Everett Smelter Slag Dump | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| Arlington Pit and Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Associated Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Everett Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ne Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gedney Hat Island Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Beach | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shaker Church | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tulalip | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tulalip Bay | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Delta Junction | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Marysville | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Everett | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Everett Junction | 4.8 miles | 25 |
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 Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1512380 | The 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.






