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Elwha, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elwha quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.

Elwha within Clallam County

On record in Elwha

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Elwha between 1992 and 2018, burning about 30 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 ceremony20
Debris and open burning14
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlympic National ParkELWHA RSRT
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMISTY
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDAN KELLY ROAD
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlympic National ParkELWHA DAM
19 September 1992Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Elwha: 16 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Zinc. 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
Angeles StarGold, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Angeles Star GroupZinc, Gold, CopperProspect
Ozette QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Shore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cedar ClaimManganeseUnknown1956
Griff CreekManganeseUnknown1956
Hemlock ClaimManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
Hurricane Hill LookoutManganeseOccurrence1956
Lady NormaManganeseUnknown1956

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
Windy Arm4.8 miles17
Coville4.9 miles12
Snug Harbor5.8 miles14
Maple Grove6.0 miles14
Lower Elwha6.2 miles13
Ramapo6.3 miles14
Whiskey Bend6.4 miles17
Olympic Hot Springs7.7 miles16

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 ElwhaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473895The 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 1519320. 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.