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Oak Point, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. It stands on Abernethy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Point quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

Oak Point within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Oak Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 47 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
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMERON CREEK
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRIFTING WILLOW
3 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEPPERMILL
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSTEWART CREEK ROAD #1
3 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters700
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUNKER HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Oak Point: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum. 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
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum AreaAluminum, Silica, Titanium, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1946
Mayger PitStonePast Producer
Mill Creek AreaAluminumOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Washington Bauxite Dist.AluminumOccurrence1946
Mayger PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ocean Beach TractStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cowlitz 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
Bunker Hill2.8 miles15
Stella3.7 miles15
Eufaula Heights7.4 miles15
Eufaula7.5 miles15
Coal Creek9.1 miles15
Evergreen Terrace10.1 miles11
West Longview10.2 miles11
Valley View Tracts11.3 miles11

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 PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17199048The 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 1512521. 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.