BlockQuillayute, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98331. It stands on Quillayute Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Quillayute Prairie quadrangle.
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.
- 1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS La Push quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Quillayute Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Forks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Quillayute between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | MONSTER |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | QUILAYUTE RD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | SECOND BEACH |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | RAINEER |
| 12 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | OHIO |
| 10 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | PERSISTENT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Quillayute: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Peninsula | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Umbrella Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quillayute in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 3 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | Quillayute | $121,000 | The Bogachiel River was above flood stage Jan 3 to 4, 2021. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Quillayute | - | A record rainfall of 1.04 inches was set at Quillayute airport on July 24th, breaking the old record of 0.21 inches set in 2015. |
| April 2024 | Heavy Rain | Quillayute | - | A record rainfall of 2.38 inches was set at Quillayute Airport on April 8th, breaking the old record of 1.92 inches set in 2003. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | Quillayute | - | A record rainfall of 4.19 inches was recorded at the Quillayute airport. This broke the previous daily record of 1.82 inches set in 1971. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510446. 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.