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Olga, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Orcas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98279. It stands on Cascade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blakely Island quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Olga within San Juan County

On record in Olga

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Olga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 3 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 burning4
Natural3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAGLE LAKE
22 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesPOINT LAWRENCE
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSHADOW
4 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 July 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMORAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Olga: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kyanite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blakely IslandKyaniteOccurrence
Humphrey Head QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mcgraw-Kittinger DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orcas IslandClayPast Producer
Chuckanut Lime Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Entrance Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Flaherty Deposit No. 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Langdon Deposit South PartLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Moran State Park DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
NewhallLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Rosario2.9 miles12
Doe Bay3.3 miles12
Dolphin4.5 miles12
Thatcher4.6 miles13
Sea Acre4.7 miles12
Shaw Island5.5 miles11
Port Stanley5.8 miles13
Orcas6.0 miles11

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 OlgaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475226The 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 1511204. 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.