BlockSauk, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1966. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98237. It stands on McLeod Slough. The Survey maps it on the Finney Peak quadrangle. It stands 236 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Stillaguamish quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Stilaguamish quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Stillaguamish quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Finney Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sauk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UPRIVER 3 |
| 13 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | SAUK MTN |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CORNELL |
| 28 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKPORT CASCADE |
| 25 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | RINKER |
| 14 August 1994 | Natural | 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 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sauk: 9 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Calcium, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Rockport | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hornbeck | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Jackman Creek | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Rockport | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sauk | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Nestos (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Van Horn | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Concrete | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Corkindale | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Grassmere | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Marblemount | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mansford | 12.8 miles | 15 |
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 Sauk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65081535 | 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 1529902. 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.