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Aloha, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Ocean Shores census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98536. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moclips quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Aloha within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Aloha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCARLISLE LITTLE SPOT
8 September 1997Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresQuinault Indian NationsBOB WAYNE
23 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreQuinault Indian NationsVACUUM
14 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Aloha: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, REE, Thorium, Platinum, Silver, Gold, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Moclips PlacerChromium, REE, Thorium, Platinum, Silver, Gold, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceBeach Placer
Moclips River PlacerGoldOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ExcelsiorManganeseUnknown1956
Excelsior ClaimManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
ParamontManganeseProspect1956
Paramount ClaimManganeseOccurrence
SuperiorManganeseUnknown1956
Superior ClaimManganeseOccurrence
SupremeManganeseUnknown1956

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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
Pacific Beach2.0 miles13
Ocean Grove2.0 miles13
Highland Heights2.2 miles13
Sunset Beach2.8 miles13
Iron Springs3.1 miles13
Moclips3.4 miles13
Onslow3.5 miles13
Carlisle West4.6 miles13

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 AlohaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19600121The 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 1511961. 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.