Chimacum, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98339. It lies near West Valley. The Survey maps it on the Port Townsend South quadrangle. It stands 113 feet above sea level.
On record in Chimacum
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
- Senator William Bishop House and Officelisted 1984
- Chimacum Post Officelisted 1983
- Van Trojen Houselisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Port Townsend South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Townsend quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Chimacum between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG ROCK 14 |
| 2 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLEAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chimacum: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimacum Valley | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Irondale | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Chimacum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach Hadlock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hadlock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hastings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hunt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Puget Sound Surfacers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hadlock | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Irondale | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woodmans | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Four Corners | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Adelma Beach | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tukey | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Port Discovery | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nordland | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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 Chimacum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474386 | 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 1517710. 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.




