East Hoquiam, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Aberdeen-Hoquiam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98550. It stands on Hoquiam River. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle.
On record in East Hoquiam
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 within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hoquiam Olympic Stadiumlisted 2006 · 0.4 miles away
Hoquiam River Bridgelisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Polson, F. Arnold, House and Polson, Alex, Groundslisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
American Veterans Building-Hoquiamlisted 2011 · 1.0 miles away
Seventh Street Theaterlisted 1987 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of East Hoquiam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JEFFERSON |
| 5 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | HUNTLEY |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BISHOP |
| 1 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ENDERSON ROAD |
| 9 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH RIVER |
| 8 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of East Hoquiam: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gold, Platinum, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Point Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hoquiam | Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Hoquiam Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East Aberdeen | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| West Aberdeen | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hagara Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Junction City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoquiam | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Herbig Heights | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pilgrim Heights | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Woodlawn | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Broadway Heights | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bel-Aire | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Aberdeen | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| North Aberdeen | 3.3 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122543034 | 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 1512171. 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.





