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Rexville, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the La Conner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98273. The Survey maps it on the Utsalady quadrangle.

Rexville within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rexville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 ceremony5
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOLAHDWH LANE
20 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeGUNDERSON
23 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCGLINN
20 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRESERVATION
28 June 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresPuget Sound AgencyLUCY SAUK
27 June 2009Fireworksunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyDNR-INDIAN ROAD
13 June 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUIATTLE MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rexville: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AlversonNickel, ArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Alverson DepositStrontium, NickelOccurrence
Dunlap Towing CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStoneUnknown
Swinomish BayMagnesite, NickelOccurrence
Commercial Excavating Co., IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Skagit County Rd. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La ConnerNickelProspect

Every working recorded in Skagit 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
Fish Town2.4 miles18
Skagit City3.6 miles21
La Conner4.1 miles19
Conway4.7 miles19
Shelter Bay4.9 miles14
Swinomish Village5.4 miles14
Cedardale5.4 miles19
Fredonia5.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1531085. 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.