Editing Sultan, Washington (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Skykomish River and Cascade Mountains from Sultan, WA.jpg|thumb|right|A view of [[Mount Index]] and the [[Skykomish River]] from Sultan]]

Sultan is located along the [[Skykomish River]] at its confluences with the [[Sultan River|Sultan]] and [[Wallace River|Wallace]] rivers in south-central Snohomish County, approximately {{convert|23|mi|km}} east of [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], the [[county seat]].<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Sultan |url=https://ci.sultan.wa.us/about-sultan/ |publisher=City of Sultan, Washington |access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="HazardPlan">{{cite report |date=September 2015 |title=Snohomish County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, Volume 2: Planning Partner Annexes |page=19-1 |url=https://snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14608/2010-Hazard-Mitigation-Plan-Vol-2?bidId= |publisher=Snohomish County |access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]] and the [[BNSF Railway]]'s [[Scenic Subdivision]] bisect the city from west to east, connecting it to Everett, [[Monroe, Washington|Monroe]], [[Gold Bar, Washington|Gold Bar]], and [[Stevens Pass]].<ref name="WSDOT-Map">{{cite map |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2014 |title=Washington State Highways, 2014–2015 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/06/13/TouristMapFront_withoutHillshade.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221194441/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D10703F-9ADF-4A95-A14E-2A36FEAF1C20/0/Statewide2014NoHillshade.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[city limit]]s of Sultan are generally defined by the Skykomish River to the south, the Sultan River and Old Owens Road to the west, and several county roads to the north and east.<ref>{{cite map |date=March 2013 |title=Sultan Urban Growth Area |url=http://www.snoco.org/docs/scd/PDF/PDS_UGA/SultanUGA.pdf |publisher=Snohomish County |access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.15|sqmi|sqkm|2}}.<ref name="Census-Gazetteer">{{cite web |title=2018 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2018_Gazetteer/2018_gaz_place_53.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref>

The city is located within the Skykomish Valley, which is flanked to the north and south by the [[Cascade Mountains|Cascade]] foothills. Several prominent peaks of the mountain range are visible on the northern and eastern horizons, including [[Mount Pilchuck]], [[Mount Index]], [[Mount Persis]], and [[Mount Stickney]].<ref name="Damkaer103"/> The Sultan Basin is located on the north side of the Skykomish River and is a flat [[plain]] with some rolling hills.<ref name="Damkaer103"/>

Downtown Sultan is one of three identified [[flood zone]]s within the city, which covers 30 percent of residents, and has experienced major floods as recently as 1991 and 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=March 7, 2010 |title=FEMA's new flood maps go too far, some cities say |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011285355_floodmaps08m.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Flood Information |url=https://ci.sultan.wa.us/flood-information/ |publisher=City of Sultan |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref> The city government installed three [[emergency siren]]s to alert residents of an incoming flood or another disaster.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Rikki |date=August 11, 2014 |title=Sultan adds to its siren system |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/sultan-adds-to-its-siren-system/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>