Oysterville, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Long Beach-North Beach Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98640. The Survey maps it on the Oysterville quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
On record in Oysterville
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
- Oysterville Historic Districtlisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1938 USGS Cape Shoalwater quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Oysterville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Westport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Oysterville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 July 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 6.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAND DOLLAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oysterville: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Platinum, Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Gold, Titanium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nahcotta | Platinum, Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Ocean Park Placer | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oysterville in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Oysterville | $2,000 | A funnel cloud moved across Oysterville but did not touch down. However, it damaged a mobile home as it passed overhead. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hines | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Nahcotta | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ocean Park | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Seaport (historical) | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Klipsan Meadows Park | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Klipsan Beach | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rhodesia Beach | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bay Center Junction | 6.8 miles | 15 |
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 Oysterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q607353 | 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 1512544. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






