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Van Horn, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Skagit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98237. It stands on Jackman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Shannon quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.

Van Horn within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Van Horn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 8 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 burning9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1998Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestSAUK MTN
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined44 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 1992Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forestnot named
22 August 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 1994Arson/incendiarism17 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Van Horn: 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Clendenen Point Iron DepositIronOccurrence
ConcreteStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Lone Star Cement Corp.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
RockportCalciumOccurrence
SawmillPalladiumUnknown
SwedenCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer
ConcreteLimestone, GeneralProducer
Jackman CreekLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
SaukLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Sutter MtLimestone, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Skagit 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
Nestos (historical)0.8 miles15
Concrete2.7 miles15
Grassmere4.3 miles17
Sauk5.1 miles14
Rockport6.1 miles13
Birdsview9.0 miles17
Corkindale12.3 miles9
Marblemount13.6 miles9

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 Van HornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989096The 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 1527669. 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.