Agnew, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agnew-Carlsborg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98362. The Survey maps it on the Carlsborg quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
On record in Agnew
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Aircraft Warning Service Observation Towerlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1938 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Carlsborg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Agnew between 1992 and 2019, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERVIEW |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOAD ROAD #2 |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOAD ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Agnew: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rains Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Swamp Creek | Clay, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Blake Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Christie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clallam County | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jim West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindsay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lotzgazelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Round Mountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| R Corner | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rena | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Crane | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Carlsborg | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| King Hill | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Little Oklahoma | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Old Town | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 6.6 miles | 18 |
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 Agnew | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475332 | The 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 1515753. 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.




