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Robe, 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 Hawthorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verlot quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Robe 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Robe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Natural4
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

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 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBILLYGOAT
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestGOLD BASIN CG
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestHUNTER
26 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestPILCHUCK
24 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCANYON CREEK
17 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPILCHUCK LOOKOUT
12 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Robe: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Pilchuck Roadside PitStone, DimensionProducer
Lake JuliaLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Peterson PlacerGoldOccurrence
Peterson PlacerGoldProspect
Stillaquamish CanyonLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Granite FallsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rotary PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ShumwayStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Canyon Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandhill 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
Verlot2.0 miles17
Pilchuck7.6 miles17
Granite Falls8.3 miles17
Lake Bosworth9.0 miles17
Lake Roesiger10.0 miles16
Riverside10.1 miles18
Sobey11.0 miles18
Forest Glade11.6 miles16

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 RobeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989070The 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 1525092. 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.