Ocean Shores, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Ocean Shores census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98569. The Survey maps it on the Point Brown quadrangle. 6,715 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOcean Shores grew from 5,569 to 6,715 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,569 | |
| 2020 | 6,715 | +1,146 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Grayland quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Point Brown quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Westport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Ocean Shores between 1992 and 2018, burning about 60 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 930 |
| 26 August 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARINE VIEW 2 |
| 10 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DAMON POINT |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 June 2004 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LIGHTHOUSE |
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 Ocean Shores: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Harbor Area Illmenite Deposit | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Point Brown | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oyhut Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Oyhut Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Point Brown Placer | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyehut | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sampson | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Westhaven | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Westport | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ocean City | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cohassett | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cohassett Beach | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gray Gables | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Ocean Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q423697 | 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 1510681. 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.






