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.
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
Moran State Parklisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Orcas Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1973 USGS Blakely Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Blakely Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAGLE LAKE |
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | POINT LAWRENCE |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | SHADOW |
| 4 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely Island | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Humphrey Head Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mcgraw-Kittinger Deposit | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orcas Island | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chuckanut Lime Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Entrance Mountain Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Flaherty Deposit No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Langdon Deposit South Part | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Moran State Park Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Newhall | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosario | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Doe Bay | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dolphin | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Thatcher | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sea Acre | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shaw Island | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Port Stanley | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Orcas | 6.0 miles | 11 |
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 Olga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475226 | 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 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.





