Swinomish Village, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Swinomish Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98257. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes South quadrangle.
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.
- 1943 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deception Pass quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Anacortes South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Anacortes South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Swinomish Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOLAHDWH LANE |
| 17 September 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKAGIT ISLAND CANDLE |
| 15 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEAD MAN |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHORECREST STRIKE |
| 20 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPIT FIRE |
| 11 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOPE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Swinomish Village: 5 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Arsenic, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverson | Nickel, Arsenic | Occurrence | Realgar | |
| Alverson Deposit | Strontium, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Dunlap Towing Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Swinomish Bay | Magnesite, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| La Conner | Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Concrete Nor West, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gorton Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Knudson, Harold, Jr. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Conner | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Shelter Bay | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Snee Oosh | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| West Shore | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Whitney | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fish Town | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Gibraltar | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Whitmarsh Junction | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122570283 | 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 1867637. 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.






