Washington Harbor, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sequim census division. It lies near The Middle Ground. The Survey maps it on the Sequim quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1938 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Dungeness quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Sequim quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Washington Harbor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREYS MARSH |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERVIEW |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Washington Harbor: 14 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Manganese. 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 Mn - 0530310200 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Coal Lake Pit and Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Evans Creek Pit No 1 | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Evans Creek Pit No 2 | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Hallers Pit | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| One Ok Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| P Line Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Almaden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blynn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blynn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Williams | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bell Hill | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sequim | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Happy Valley | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blyn | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| River Road | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dungeness | 6.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1527827. 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.




