Oxley, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newaukum Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. The Survey maps it on the Napavine quadrangle.

Oxley within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Napavine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Oxley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Recreation and ceremony	8
Other causes	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
8 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
5 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
25 September 1996	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
21 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
16 September 1992	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
14 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
11 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	PROFFITT RD
10 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TIMBER TIGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oxley: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unnamed Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Fate Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Keller-Petra-Keller Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shorey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sunbird Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Union Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Forest	2.9 miles	15
Napavine	3.0 miles	15
Newaukum	3.3 miles	17
Chehalis	4.3 miles	17
Klaus	4.6 miles	15
Evaline	5.6 miles	15
Claquato	6.1 miles	15
Nulls Crossing	6.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511943. 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.