Olympic Hot Springs, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carrie quadrangle.

Olympic Hot Springs within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1935 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Mount Carrie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1988 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:100000
1999 USGS Mount Carrie quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Olympic Hot Springs between 1992 and 2017, burning about 9 acres in total. 14 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	20
Natural	14
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Olympic National Park	LAKE MILLS
11 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Olympic National Park	HOT ROCK
9 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Olympic National Park	BOULDER#2
7 August 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Olympic National Park	AMBER
6 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Olympic National Park	SOLDUC
6 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Olympic National Park	HORSE
6 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Olympic National Park	BOULDER
6 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Olympic National Park	APPLETON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam 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 Olympic Hot Springs: 8 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Geothermal, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bertha Prospect	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	1940
Lakeview Claim	Manganese, Iron, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Calcium	Occurrence	Replacement
Olympic Hot Springs	Geothermal	Past Producer
Victory Claim	Manganese, Iron, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur	Occurrence	Replacement
Bertha Prospect	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
Cedar Claim	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
Aurora Ridge	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement
Aurora Ridge	Manganese	Unknown	1947
Barnes Creek	Manganese	Unknown	1956
Cedar Claim	Manganese	Unknown	1956

Every working recorded in Clallam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Windy Arm	4.7 miles	17
Whiskey Bend	5.6 miles	17
Snug Harbor	6.9 miles	14
Maple Grove	7.3 miles	14
Elwha	7.7 miles	16
Piedmont	9.8 miles	15
Ramapo	10.0 miles	14
Crescent	10.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524043. 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.