BlockOceanside, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Long Beach-North Beach Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98631. The Survey maps it on the Ocean Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1938 USGS Cape Disappointment quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Ocean Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ilwaco quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Oceanside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | BIRCH RD |
| 4 September 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | 10 acres | Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex | SAWLOG SLOUGH |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oceanside: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nahcotta 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
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oceanside in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Oceanside | - | Over 1.25 inches of rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loomis | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Breakers | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Long Beach | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Klipsan Beach | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Klipsan Meadows Park | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Moores Corner | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Seaview | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Holman | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512526. 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.