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Ocosta, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Westport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98520. It stands on Redman Slough. The Survey maps it on the Westport quadrangle. 502 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Ocosta within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Ocosta between 1992 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 ceremony9
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPLUM ST
12 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG STUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ocosta: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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
Bay City2.0 miles11
Markham2.5 miles12
Laidlow2.7 miles11
Westport3.5 miles12
South Arbor3.7 miles12
Cohassett3.8 miles11
Cohassett Beach4.1 miles11
Westhaven4.2 miles12

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 OcostaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989055The 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 1507142. 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.