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.
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.
Trafton Schoollisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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
- 1941 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Arlington East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEIGHTS RD |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEMLOCK |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GRANDVIEW CURVE |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 99TH DRIVE |
| 14 September 1998 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CEDARVALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Creek | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Skagit Power Line | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Cicero | Manganese | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Lake Riley | Manganese | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Bryant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jack | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Olson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paddock | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Arlington | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Heights | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cicero | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Arlington Junction | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Arlington | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bryant | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Jordan | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Oso | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Edgecomb | 7.3 miles | 19 |
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 Trafton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6151486 | 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 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.







