Hoh, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It stands on Fossil Creek. The Survey maps it on the Destruction Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Destruction Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Destruction Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Forks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hoh between 1995 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. None 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 burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILEPOST 167 |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNDOWN ROAD |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olympic National Park | TRAILSIX |
| 24 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOH RIVER BEACH FIRE |
| 16 August 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hoh: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Beach Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Ruby Beach Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hoh 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 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoh in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Heavy Rain | Hoh | $5,500,000 | Olympic National Park received about 36 inches of rain from Nov 2nd through the 11th. That rainfall, plus help from some strong winds, caused damage to roads, bridges and trails. A 75 foot section of road, 25 feet deep, was washed away along with adjacent power lines. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Hoh | $554,000 | Heavy rain caused surface runoff, landslides, and urban and small stream flooding. One to three inches of rain fell during the day. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Hoh | $200,000 | Flooding from the Hoh river damaged Oil City road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil City | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kalaloch | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Clearwater | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Queets | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Smith Place | 26.0 miles | 9 | |
| Duckabush | 78.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lackawanna Beach | 79.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brinnon | 80.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1509932. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






