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West Shore, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Swinomish Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98257. It lies near Kiket Island. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes South quadrangle.

West Shore within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of West Shore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning10
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesGINNETT RD
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCORNET
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOLAHDWH LANE
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2005Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKAGIT ISLAND CANDLE
15 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEAD MAN
11 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKE PASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of West Shore: 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
AlversonNickel, ArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Alverson DepositStrontium, NickelOccurrence
Fidalgo IslandSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Fidalgo IslandCopper, GoldProspect
Henni Pit and MillREEProducer
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, IronOccurrence
Matrix PropertyGold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Mountain HomeManganeseOccurrence
Mountain Home ClaimCopper, ManganeseOccurrenceBementite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
QuarryStoneUnknown

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
Snee Oosh0.0 miles14
Gibraltar1.6 miles14
Similk Beach2.2 miles14
Swinomish Village2.5 miles14
Howards Corner2.7 miles14
Dewey2.9 miles14
Whitmarsh Junction3.1 miles14
Sharpes Corner3.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852960. 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.