BlockOil City, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It stands on Hoh River. The Survey maps it on the Hoh Head quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Forks quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Forks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hoh Head quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Forks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Oil City between 1995 and 2019, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILEPOST 167 |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNDOWN ROAD |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olympic National Park | TRAILSIX |
| 24 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOH RIVER BEACH FIRE |
| 11 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | OIL CITY |
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 Oil City: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Beach Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Ruby Beach Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hoh Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoh | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kalaloch | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clearwater | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Queets | 15.4 miles | 9 | |
| Smith Place | 26.9 miles | 9 | |
| Duckabush | 79.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lackawanna Beach | 80.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brinnon | 81.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1523978. 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.