Warnick, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98244. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glacier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1909 USGS Mt Baker quadrangle1:192000
- 1909 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker Dist quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Glacier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Warnick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | KIDNEY |
| 16 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | NOZZLE |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | GLACIER PEAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Warnick: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Prospect | Copper, Chromium, Iron | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Glacier | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Glacier Sandstone Occurrence | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Red Bird Prospect | Copper, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Western Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Creek Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Church Mountain Deposits | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Doaks Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Glacier Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1951 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Maple Falls | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kendall | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Nooksack Salmon Hatchery | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Peaceful Valley | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Balford | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kulshan | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Limestone Junction | 9.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548918 | 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 1527813. 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.









