Queets, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It stands on Queets River. The Survey maps it on the Queets quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresQueets fell from 174 to 136 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 174 | |
| 2020 | 136 | -38 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Destruction Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Queets quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Forks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Queets between 1992 and 2020, 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 | 29 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ALLEYWAY |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | KALALOCH#1 |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | KLA BEACH #8 |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | S.BEACH#1 |
| 5 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | BEACH ONE |
| 4 August 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Quinault Indian Nations | HARRY-QUEETS |
| 27 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH BEACH |
| 25 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | S.BEACH #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Queets: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kofoed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Queets Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Queets River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kalaloch | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hoh | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oil City | 15.4 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Place | 22.8 miles | 9 | |
| Duckabush | 74.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lackawanna Beach | 76.0 miles | 17 | |
| Brinnon | 76.6 miles | 17 |
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 Queets | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474843 | 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 1524759. 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.






