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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.

Warnick within Whatcom County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

18 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
5 September 1992Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forestnot named
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestKIDNEY
16 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestNOZZLE
4 July 2006Naturalunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestGLACIER PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boulder Creek ProspectCopper, Chromium, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
GlacierCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Glacier Sandstone OccurrenceFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Red Bird ProspectCopper, Gold, ZincOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boulder Creek QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Church Mountain DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Doaks Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Glacier MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1951

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Glacier2.5 miles17
Maple Falls4.9 miles10
Kendall7.8 miles11
Nooksack Salmon Hatchery8.1 miles11
Peaceful Valley8.7 miles11
Balford8.8 miles11
Kulshan9.1 miles11
Limestone Junction9.7 miles11

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 Q122548918The 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.