BlockLa Push, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98350. It stands on Quillayute River. The Survey maps it on the La Push quadrangle. 371 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS La Push quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS La Push quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Forks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of La Push between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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 ceremony | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | MONSTER |
| 24 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Olympic National Park | TALKER |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | QUILAYUTE RD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | SECOND BEACH |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | RAINEER |
| 12 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | OHIO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of La Push: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Peninsula | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Point Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Johnson Point Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Umbrella Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Push in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 flood. 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 2021 | Flood | La Push | $600,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Flood | La Push | $500,000 | Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis. |
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.
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 La Push | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q554902 | 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 1531473. 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.