Windy Arm, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Port Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. It stands on Sege Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane Hill quadrangle.
On record in Windy Arm
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.
Glines Canyon Hydroelectric Power Plantlisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Hurricane Hill quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Hurricane Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Windy Arm between 1992 and 2018, burning about 833 acres in total. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ELWHA RSRT |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | 820 acres | Olympic National Park | GRIFF |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Olympic National Park | HURRICANE |
| 3 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | ISLANDS2 |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Olympic National Park | LEWIS LAST |
| 13 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | LAKE MILLS |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | HOT ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Windy Arm: 10 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Geothermal, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elwha River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hurricane | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Bementite, Hausmannite, Rhodonite | |
| Olympic Hot Springs | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Chappie Claim | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Hurricane Claim | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Bementite, Hausmannite, Hematite, Rhodonite | |
| J and J and Sunset Claim | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Chappie | Manganese | Unknown | 1956 | |
| Hurricane Claim | Manganese | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Hurricane Hill Lookout | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Hurricane Hill Lookout | Manganese | Occurrence | 1956 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Bend | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Olympic Hot Springs | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Elwha | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Snug Harbor | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Grove | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Coville | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ramapo | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lower Elwha | 10.9 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 Q122544296 | 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 1528220. 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.







