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Seattle Hill, Washington

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98296. It stands on Larimer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Everett quadrangle.

Seattle Hill within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Seattle Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSNO RIVER
19 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAST DIGGINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Seattle Hill: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
SnohomishClayPast Producer
Snohomish Sand and Gravel IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Cathcart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roosevelt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S. Snohomish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snohomish 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
Osborn Corner0.2 miles25
Silver Firs1.1 miles26
Larimers Corner1.3 miles25
Murphys Corner2.3 miles25
Mill Creek2.5 miles26
Rees Corner2.9 miles26
South Snohomish3.2 miles26
Wintermutes Corner3.5 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122540504The 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 2413670. 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.