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Bay Center, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Raymond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98527. It stands on Palix River. The Survey maps it on the Bay Center quadrangle. 253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Bay Center within Pacific County

Population over time

3 figures

Bay Center grew from 174 to 253 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000174
2010276+102 (+59%)
2020253-23 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Bay Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
9 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBAY LANE
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP ARSON D
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP FIRE E
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP ARSON C
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP ARSON F
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP ARSON A
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLBP ARSON B
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresWillapa National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLEADBETTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bay Center: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Platinum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Leadbetter PointGold, Chromium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, PlatinumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Palix River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pacific 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
Rhodesia Beach1.2 miles15
Seaport (historical)2.4 miles15
Bay Center Junction3.0 miles15
Bruceport4.4 miles14
Tokeland5.4 miles14
Hines6.4 miles11
Venice6.4 miles14
Oysterville6.9 miles11

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 Bay CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1502927The 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 1511989. 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.