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Ovington, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Lapoel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Crescent quadrangle.

Ovington within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Ovington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National Park8TH SWITCHBACK
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOlympic National ParkL.C.101LOG
13 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresOlympic National ParkSPRUCE
1 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkCAMPDAVID5
7 August 2013Smoking1.5 acresOlympic National ParkUPPER FALLS
6 August 1997Naturalunder an acreOlympic National ParkLAKES
6 August 1997Naturalunder an acreOlympic National ParkFALLS
6 August 1997Naturalunder an acreOlympic National ParkFAIRHOLM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Ovington: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bright AngelTin, Manganese, AntimonyPast Producer1941
Crescent MineManganese, Mercury, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1922, 1924, 1954
Crescent MineSilica, Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1952
Lake CrescentGemstoneProspect
Mount BaldyClay, IronProspect
PeggyManganese, Iron, Mercury, CopperOccurrence1925, 1952
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Ox ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Christopher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Handy ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Crescent3.5 miles15
Piedmont4.1 miles15
Shadow5.7 miles15
Disque7.0 miles15
Maple Grove8.3 miles14
Joyce8.3 miles12
Snug Harbor8.4 miles14
Twin8.5 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122539432The 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 1524111. 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.