BlockSkagit City, Washington
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98273. It stands on Skagit River. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
On record in Skagit City
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.
Skagit City Schoollisted 1977 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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
- 1940 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Skagit City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROTTEN DOG |
| 14 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOOTH |
| 6 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SINNES RD |
| 5 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | GUNDERSON |
| 5 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKE 16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Skagit City: 13 unknowns, 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Gold, Stone, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | Graphite, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Cornelius Magnesite,Nickel-Gold Dep | Magnesite, Nickel, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Mount Vernon | Chromium, Nickel, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon | Nickel, Gold, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Vernon Deposit | Nickel, Gold, Silver, Chromium | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Wind River | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Mount Vernon | Nickel, Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | 1915 | |
| Mount Vernon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Nordlund Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pacific Quarries | Stone, Dimension | 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.
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 Skagit City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3493856 | 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 1511319. 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.