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Oak Harbor, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98277. The Survey maps it on the Oak Harbor quadrangle. 24,622 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Oak Harbor within Island County

On record in Oak Harbor

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Oak Harbor grew from 22,075 to 24,622 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201022,075
202024,622+2,547 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Oak Harbor between 1992 and 2017, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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 ceremony16
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks6
Smoking4
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELWHA ROAD
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSLEEPER
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Oak Harbor: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Christensen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Everett Bros.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Krieg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marine Asphalt Pit 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Marketown2.7 miles14
Swantown3.8 miles14
Penn Cove Park4.0 miles10
Captains Choice5.1 miles10
Rodena Beach5.2 miles10
Coupeville5.6 miles10
Sunset Terrace5.6 miles10
Dean Manor5.7 miles10

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 Oak HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q990977The 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 1512518. 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.