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Trafton, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98223. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arlington East quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.

Trafton within Snohomish County

On record in Trafton

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Trafton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEIGHTS RD
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEMLOCK
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRANDVIEW CURVE
18 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters99TH DRIVE
14 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCEDARVALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Trafton: 14 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Jim CreekDiatomiteOccurrence
Skagit Power LineLimestone, DimensionUnknown
CiceroManganeseProspect1940
Lake RileyManganeseProspect1956
BryantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
JackStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Olson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
PaddockStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
ArlingtonIronOccurrence

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
Arlington Heights2.4 miles17
Cicero3.4 miles16
Arlington Junction4.3 miles19
Arlington4.4 miles19
Bryant5.3 miles19
Jordan6.3 miles17
Oso7.2 miles15
Edgecomb7.3 miles19

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 TraftonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6151486The 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 1527342. 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.