Sampson, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Ocean Shores census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98569. The Survey maps it on the Copalis Beach quadrangle.

Sampson within Grays Harbor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1938 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Moclips quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Copalis Beach quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sampson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Fireworks	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	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 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	930
31 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	GRUMPY STUMP
29 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
26 August 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
18 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HIGHWAY 109
8 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HOGAN
5 July 2019	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LANG LAKE
4 July 2008	Fireworks	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	PACIFIC WIND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grays Harbor County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sampson: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
	Oyhut Placer	Gold	Occurrence
	Oyhut Placer	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Grays Harbor 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oyehut	1.7 miles	14
Ocean City	2.0 miles	14
Ocean Shores	4.7 miles	13
Copalis Beach	4.9 miles	14
Newton	6.4 miles	13
Copalis Crossing	6.8 miles	13
Burrows	6.9 miles	13
Tulips	6.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511289. 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.