Quinault, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Neilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98575. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Quinault East quadrangle. 191 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
On record in Quinault
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 1 record
- Ole Mickelson Cabinlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1921 USGS Quinault Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Quinault Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Lake Quinault East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Quinault between 1993 and 2014, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | GATTON CREEK SNAG |
| 14 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | OPEN LAKE |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | QUINAULT RIDGE |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | SOUTH SHORE |
| 4 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | 2257 DEBRIS |
| 21 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Olympic National Forest | BOULDER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Quinault: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Cesium, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246-3.6 Quarry Prairie Creek North | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chamberlain Quarry | Cesium | Past Producer | ||
| Chamberlain Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fishel Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Fishel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quinault Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Pit Ps-H-128 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinault 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 | Quinault | - | Heavy rainfall of 6.76 inches was reported at Quinault in Olympic National Park.|Heavy rainfall of 4.61 inches was reported in Ocean Shores, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Park | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Norwood | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Neilton | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Weatherwax | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Grisdale | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Humptulips | 17.2 miles | 10 | |
| Axford | 19.6 miles | 10 | |
| Nisson | 24.3 miles | 10 |
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 Quinault | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7272079 | 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 1524776. 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.





