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South Snohomish, Washington

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Snohomish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98296. It stands on Pilchuck River. The Survey maps it on the Snohomish quadrangle.

South Snohomish within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of South Snohomish between 1992 and 2019, burning about 27 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
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 August 1994Smoking3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2014Fireworks16 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKIPLEY BOG
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
1 July 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLORD HILL
26 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresWashington 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 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Snohomish: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Pilchuck River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pilchuck River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roosevelt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snohomish 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
Bromart0.5 miles26
Snohomish1.1 miles26
Rees Corner1.5 miles26
Larimers Corner1.9 miles25
Seattle Hill3.2 miles25
Silver Firs3.3 miles26
Osborn Corner3.4 miles25
Fobes Hill3.5 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 Q122590781The 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 1511328. 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.