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Central Park, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Aberdeen-Hoquiam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98520. It stands on Higgins Slough. The Survey maps it on the Central Park quadrangle. 2,841 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Central Park within Grays Harbor County

Population over time

7 figures

Central Park grew from 1,622 to 2,841 between 1960 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
19601,622
19702,720+1,098 (+68%)
19802,709-11 (-0%)
19902,669-40 (-1%)
20002,558-111 (-4%)
20102,685+127 (+5%)
20202,841+156 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Central Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 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
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Other causes4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersABERDEEN LAKE #2
22 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRHUNTLEY
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKUNK CABAGE FIRE
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTWIN BRIDGES
8 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2006Debris and open burningunder 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Central Park: 19 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Minot QuarryStonePast Producer
C.W. MillerSilicaOccurrence
East AberdeenSilicaPast Producer
MontesanoSilicaPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Charmin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chehalis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Junction City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alder Grove2.9 miles14
Aberdeen Junction3.8 miles9
Melbourne4.0 miles14
Junction City4.3 miles9
Cosmopolis4.5 miles9
South Montesano4.7 miles14
Montesano4.8 miles14
East Aberdeen5.8 miles9

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 Central ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1504159The 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 1512077. 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.