Quilcene, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98376. It stands on Big Quilcene River. The Survey maps it on the Mount Walker quadrangle. 598 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
On record in Quilcene
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 3 records
Hamilton-Worthington Houselisted 2014
Earl Oatman Houselisted 1983- Quilcene Ranger Stationlisted 2012
Population over time
3 figuresQuilcene grew from 591 to 598 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 591 | |
| 2010 | 596 | +5 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 598 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Quilcene quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Mt. Walker quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Mount Walker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Quilcene between 1992 and 2019, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROTTEN LOGI FIRE |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | DAM |
| 19 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CENTER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Quilcene: 15 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triple Ore Copper Prospect | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Calkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Currier Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Quilcene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 2926-3.8 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 2849-1.6 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry 2907-10.4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 2909-4.8 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 2926-6.7 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quilcene in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Quilcene | - | Heavy rainfall of 3.21 inches was reported in Quilcene, WA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Quilcene | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dabob | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bees Mill | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Discovery | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Leland | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Seal Rock | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Coyle | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgehaven | 9.8 miles | 14 |
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 Quilcene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1508237 | 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 1524768. 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.






