BlockOld Royal, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clallam Bay-Neah Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98326. The Survey maps it on the Hoko Falls 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.
- 1935 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Hoko Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Old Royal between 1999 and 2019, burning about 360 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRUCE FIRE |
| 18 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 June 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAPE FLATTERY |
| 28 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 October 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 5800 |
| 10 October 2002 | Debris and open burning | 342 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Royal: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal | Manganese, Mercury | Occurrence | Bementite, Cinnabar, Mercury | |
| Sekiu River | Manganese, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Mercury |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Recreational Vehicle Park | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sekiu | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ozette | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shuwah | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Clallam Bay | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sappho | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tsoo-Yess | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554947 | 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 1524012. 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.