BlockOzette, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clallam Bay-Neah Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98326. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozette quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Ozette Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Ozette Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Ozette Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ozette quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cape Flattery quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Ozette between 1993 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | KRAUSE |
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | BURSEN |
| 25 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ROOT |
| 13 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ERICKSON BAY |
| 11 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | GARDEN ISLAND |
| 1 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ED B'S |
| 29 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | OZETTE RIV |
| 26 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ERICSON BA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ozette: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Platinum, Titanium, Platinum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozette Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum, PGE | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Yellow Banks Placer | Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Platinum | Producer | 1900, 1939 | |
| Yellow Banks Placer | Gold, Titanium, Platinum, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ozette Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | Beach Placer | |
| Ozette Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | ||
| Little Wink Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Little Wink Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Main and Bartnes Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Main and Bartnes Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Morgan Placer | Gold | 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.
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 Ozette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1808559 | 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 1511209. 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.