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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.

West Lake Stevens within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

29 since 1992

Regional 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 burning13
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKAPOWSIN SWAMP
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters93RD DRIVE
17 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPENCER ISLAND
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 1992Debris 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 Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Everett Smelter Slag DumpIron, SilicaPlant
Associated Sand and Gravel Co IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Twitchell QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Clayburn PitClayProducer
Everett Brick YardClayPast Producer
LowellClayPast Producer
N EverettClayPast Producer
Ne EverettClayPast Producer
SnohomishClayPast Producer
Hartford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Snohomish 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
Cavalero Corner2.0 miles25
Lake Stevens2.5 miles18
Machias3.1 miles26
Hartford3.2 miles18
Fobes Hill3.2 miles26
Hyland4.4 miles18
Delta Junction4.8 miles17
Everett5.4 miles25

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 StevensAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1502959The 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.