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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.

Queets within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Queets 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.

YearPeople Change
2010174
2020136-38 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

41 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony29
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkALLEYWAY
1 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkKALALOCH#1
8 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkKLA BEACH #8
8 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkS.BEACH#1
5 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkBEACH ONE
4 August 2010Other causesunder an acreQuinault Indian NationsHARRY-QUEETS
27 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH BEACH
25 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National ParkS.BEACH #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kofoed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Queets PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Queets River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Clearwater3.3 miles9
Kalaloch5.0 miles9
Hoh15.0 miles9
Oil City15.4 miles12
Smith Place22.8 miles9
Duckabush74.6 miles17
Lackawanna Beach76.0 miles17
Brinnon76.6 miles17

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 QueetsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474843The 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.