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Notable locations in Bow: Anderson Blueberry Farm (A), Golden Glen Creamery (B), Belfast School (C), Belleville (D), Samish Hatchery (E), Silver Run Grange (F), Two Bobs Dairy (G), Dutch Boy Dairy (H), Bayview Farms (I), Windmill Farms (J), Well Fed Farms (K), Skagit Speedway (L), Skagit County Fire District 14 Alger Fire Department (M), Skagit County Fire District 5 Samish Island (N), Skagit County Fire District 5 Edison (O), Skagit County Fire Protection District 14 (P), Skagit County Fire Protection District 5 Allen (Q). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Bow include: Community of Christ Church (A), Alger Christian Reformed Church (B), Allen United Methodist Church (C), Edison Lutheran Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Bow Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes: Lizard Lake (A), Palmer Lake (B), Lily Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Colony Creek (A), Edison Slough (B), Harrison Creek (C), Joe Leary Slough (D), Samish River (E), Whitehall Creek (F), Bear Creek (G), Butler Creek (H), Friday Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Bow include: Donovan State Park (1), Upland State Game Bird Habitat (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Beaches: Blue Heron Beach (A), Samish Beach (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Deli Llama Wilderness Adventures (Tours & Charters; 1505 Allen Road Bow Wa) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Hotel: Benson Farmstead (10113 Avon Allen Road) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
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Skagit County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
SO2
NO2
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2004 was 6.99. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 10.1 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2008 was 0.703. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.1 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2008 was 10.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 9.6 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Bow and their reported violations in the past:
COLONY MOUNTAIN (Population served: 212, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and DEC-31-1999, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1999)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (DEC-31-2000)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAY-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-31-1997)
THOUSAND TRAILS PHASE 2 - MT VERNON (Population served: 205, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (OCT-31-2000), St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-31-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (AUG-31-1997), St Public Notif requested (AUG-31-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-31-1997)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
OYSTER CREEK INN (Population served: 98, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In DEC-1996
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In NOV-1996
OYSTER BAR, THE (Population served: 75, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (SEP-30-2000), St Public Notif requested (SEP-30-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-30-2000)
- MCL, Acute (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (OCT-31-1999), St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-31-1999)
- MCL, Acute (TCR) - In SEP-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (SEP-30-1999), St Public Notif requested (SEP-30-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-30-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In AUG-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-31-1999)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
THOUSAND TRAILS PHASE I- MT VERNON (Population served: 23, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Bow that have no violations reported:
- BLANCHARD EDISON WATER ASSN. INC. (Population served: 1470, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Average household size:
| This place: | 2.6 people | | Washington: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 66.7% | | Whole state: | 66.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 5.6% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 10.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 2.9% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bow, WA
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Bow compared to Washington state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Solar energy (1%)
Religion statistics for Bow (based on Skagit County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.50%
| Here |  | 43.5% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church | LDS (Mormon) Church |
| Adherents | 42.2% | 12.0% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 5.5% |
| Congregations | 6.7% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 7.7% | 5.8% |
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| Name | Baptist General Conference | Southern Baptist Convention | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Other |
| Adherents | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 17.7% |
| Congregations | 1.0% | 4.8% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 46.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 30 | Skagit County: | 2.59 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 2.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 11 | Skagit County: | 0.95 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 1.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 47 | Skagit County: | 4.06 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 114 | Here: | 9.84 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 8.0% | | Washington: | 7.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Skagit County: | 29.5% | | Washington: | 25.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 18.9% | | State: | 13.9% |
8.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,767 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.09% | | Washington average: | 7.86% |
0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($936 average AGI)| Skagit County: | 0.20% | | Washington average: | 0.26% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,564 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.76% | | Washington average: | 7.07% |
0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($540 average AGI)| Skagit County: | 0.12% | | Washington average: | 0.16% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Bow:
- KAPS (660 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- KRPI (1550 AM; 50 kW; FERNDALE, WA; Owner: BBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KGMI (790 AM; 5 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA)
- KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KPUG (1170 AM; 10 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KBRC (1430 AM; 5 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: JIM AND ANN KEANE)
- KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
- KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
- KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
- KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
- KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Bow:
- KSVR (91.7 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE)
- KISM (92.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KWPZ (106.5 FM; LYNDEN, WA; Owner: CRISTA MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KAFE (104.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
- K206CU (89.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K201FH (88.1 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K210CN (89.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KUGS (89.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
- KISW (99.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KQBZ (100.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KZAZ (91.7 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
- K205DL (88.9 FM; GRANITE FALLS/EVERET, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KMWS (90.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
TV broadcast stations around Bow:
- KBCB (Channel 24; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WORLD TELEVISION OF WASHINGTON, LLC.)
- KVOS-TV (Channel 12; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Bow Hill Scale House North Bound (Lat: 48.257222 Lon: -122.256667), Type: Pole, Structure height: 5.5 m, Call Sign: WQDU997, Licensee ID: L00007876
Assigned Frequencies: 915.000 MHz Grant Date: 11/04/2005, Expiration Date: 11/04/2015, Certifier: Terry C Miller
Registrant: State Of Washington, 724 Quince St Se, Capital View #2 Bldg, Olympia, WA 98504-7359, Phone: (360) 705-7001, Fax: (360) 705-6873, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - 1st House S Bow Cemetery (Lat: 48.554000 Lon: -122.403222), Call Sign: KEA749
Assigned Frequencies: 151.955 MHz Grant Date: 01/24/1997, Expiration Date: 03/18/2002, Cancellation Date: 05/19/2002
Registrant: Dons Welding, 638 Worline Rd, Bow, WA 98232, Phone: (206) 766-6267 - Lat: 48.559278 Lon: -122.347389, Call Sign: WQBR265
Assigned Frequencies: 451.437 MHz, 451.462 MHz, 451.712 MHz, 452.037 MHz, 452.112 MHz, 452.287 MHz, 452.637 MHz, 464.037 MHz, 466.387 MHz, 466.412 MHz... (+4 more) Grant Date: 11/29/2004, Expiration Date: 11/29/2014, Certifier: Jerry Corona
Registrant: Radio Licensing Services, 4700 Se International Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222, Phone: (503) 794-3787, Fax: (503) 794-3759
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 - STATION, On Burlington Alger Rd 3/4 Mi S Of Bow Hill Rd (Lat: 48.544528 Lon: -122.338194), Overall height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WNET228
Assigned Frequencies: 21925.0 MHz, 21975.0 MHz Grant Date: 03/18/2008, Expiration Date: 03/18/2018
Registrant: Phone: (206) 753-1787 - STATION, Int Of Burlington Alger Rd And Bow Hill Rd (Lat: 48.558694 Lon: -122.332917), Overall height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WNET229
Assigned Frequencies: 23175.0 MHz Grant Date: 03/18/2008, Expiration Date: 03/18/2018
Registrant: Phone: (206) 753-1787 - STATION, Truck Scales At Int Of I5 And Hobson Rd (Lat: 48.542583 Lon: -122.353194), Overall height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WNET230
Assigned Frequencies: 23125.0 MHz Grant Date: 03/18/2008, Expiration Date: 03/18/2018
Registrant: Phone: (206) 753-1787
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 - 2182 Chuckanut Dr (Lat: 48.616500 Lon: -122.441556), Type: Building, Overall height: 6 m, Call Sign: KVR448, Licensee ID: L00804643
Assigned Frequencies: 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz, 156.950 MHz Grant Date: 04/07/1999, Expiration Date: 05/03/2004, Cancellation Date: 07/04/2004
Registrant: Taylor United Inc, 2182 Chuckanut Dr, Bow, WA 98232, Phone: (360) 766-6002, Fax: (360) 766-6812, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 34 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Bow)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 17 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Bow)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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