Carlisle, 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. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle.

Carlisle 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.

1938 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:100000

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 Carlisle between 1992 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	10
Debris and open burning	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CARLISLE LITTLE SPOT
8 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
23 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
14 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
9 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	PEEK'S RETURN
6 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	COPALIS CROSSING
6 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carlisle: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Diamond Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Carlisle West	0.5 miles	13
Carlisle East	0.9 miles	13
Onslow	1.4 miles	13
Copalis Crossing	3.6 miles	13
Iron Springs	4.8 miles	13
Aloha	4.9 miles	13
Copalis Beach	4.9 miles	14
Ocean Grove	5.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517396. 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.