Three Lakes, 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 98290. It stands on Crawdad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snohomish quadrangle. 3,941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresThree Lakes grew from 2,492 to 3,941 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,492 | |
| 2010 | 3,184 | +692 (+28%) |
| 2020 | 3,941 | +757 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Three Lakes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 93RD DRIVE |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MERO RD |
| 28 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH CARPENTER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Three Lakes: 22 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Snohomish Sand and Gravel Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Hartford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Machias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Matheson Rivers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Snohomish Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamison Corner | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Machias | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Forest Glade | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Roosevelt | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Woodruff | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fryelands | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Snohomish | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Lake Roesiger | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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 Three Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1504354 | 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 1509013. 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.









