BlockOld Town, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agnew-Carlsborg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98382. It stands on Dungeness River. The Survey maps it on the Dungeness quadrangle.
On record in Old Town
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
McAlmond Houselisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Dungeness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1998 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREYS MARSH |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERVIEW |
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | 11 acres | Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge | SPIT |
| 27 August 1998 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Old Town: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eberle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lotzgazelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Innes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeness | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jamestown | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carlsborg | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rena | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sequim | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| River Road | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Agnew | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Port Williams | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524017. 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.