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Utsalady, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Camano Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98282. The Survey maps it on the Utsalady quadrangle.

Utsalady within Island County

On record in Utsalady

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

9 surveys from 18 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Utsalady between 1992 and 2017, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning25
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Utsalady: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Camano Island Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Erling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Island Excavators PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
New Utsaladdy0.7 miles16
Terrys Corner1.2 miles16
Maple Grove Beach2.1 miles14
Lona Beach3.7 miles16
Madrona Beach3.8 miles11
Juniper Beach4.0 miles16
Sunset Beach4.0 miles11
Driftwood Shores4.1 miles16

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 UtsaladyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7903251The 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 1512754. 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.