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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Snohomish County · listed in 1974 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Snohomish Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Ave. E, 5th St., Union Ave., Northern Pacific RR and Snohomish River, Snohomish, 98290
- When was it listed? October 1974
- Category. district
- Census division. Snohomish
- National Register reference number. 74001978 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Snohomish Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 93RD DRIVE |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 1994 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | 16 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKIPLEY BOG |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SNO RIVER |
| 19 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Snohomish Historic District: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Snohomish Sand and Gravel Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Cathcart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Matheson Rivers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilchuck River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roosevelt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Snohomish Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snohomish, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2006: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Snohomish | $3,300,000 | Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Snohomish | - | A weak tornado damaged a barn. |
| December 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Snohomish | - | A funnel cloud was spotted by two members of the public and a police cadet. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McCabe Building | 6.3 miles | 1977 |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 6.3 miles | 2021 | |
| Swalwell Block and Adjoining Commercial Buildings | 6.4 miles | 1976 | |
 | Swalwell Cottage | 6.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Floral Hall | 6.6 miles | 1990 |
 | Everett Carnegie Library | 6.8 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001978 in Record Group 79. |
| Snohomish County | All 52 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.