Wautauga Beach, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Port Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98366. It lies near Orchard Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Bremerton East quadrangle.
On record in Wautauga Beach
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fort Ward Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1937 USGS Port Orchard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Bremerton East 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
Fires near this place
1 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wautauga Beach in 1992, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wautauga Beach: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Olsen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reynolds Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Waterman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blossom Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blossom Construction Co. Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lynwood Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seal Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Blakely | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Point White | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Waterman Point | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lynwood Center | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Ward | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Crystal Springs | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Waterman | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Manchester | 2.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548300 | 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 1512782. 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.





