BlockOlequa, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98611. It stands on Olequa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Olequa quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Olequa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COWLITZ BLACKBERRY |
| 3 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CUT AND RUN |
| 25 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 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 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Olequa: 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Buswell | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Cowlitz Clay | Iron, Silica, Aluminum, Titanium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1935, 1937 | |
| Stillwater Creek | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Cowlitz River | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Harbor Rock-Rip 9405 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Open Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vader | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cowlitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Horsley Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryderwood | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Castle Rock | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Lake | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sandy Bend | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Toutle | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Headquarters | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Eufaula Heights | 12.4 miles | 15 |
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 Olequa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199050 | 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 1511203. 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.