West Lake Stevens, Washington
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Stevens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98258. The Survey maps it on the Snohomish quadrangle. 18,071 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1897 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Everett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Snohomish quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of West Lake Stevens between 1992 and 2019, burning about 37 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 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KAPOWSIN SWAMP |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 93RD DRIVE |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPENCER ISLAND |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 West Lake Stevens: 21 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Everett Smelter Slag Dump | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| Associated Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Twitchell Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Clayburn Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Everett Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lowell | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ne Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Snohomish | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hartford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalero Corner | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Lake Stevens | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Machias | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Hartford | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fobes Hill | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Hyland | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Delta Junction | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Everett | 5.4 miles | 25 |
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 West Lake Stevens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1502959 | 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 1867643. 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.









