Artic, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the North River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98537. It stands on Little North River. The Survey maps it on the Central Park quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Montesano quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Artic between 1993 and 2015, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CHARLIE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Artic: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newskah Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Central Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Charmin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arctic Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lund 15 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mayr Newskah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newshak Lower 5.11 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newskah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Newskah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmopolis | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Central Park | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Melbourne | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Junction City | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Alder Grove | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aberdeen Junction | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| South Aberdeen | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| South Montesano | 7.5 miles | 14 |
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 Artic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657746 | 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 1510790. 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.







