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One of 75 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1913.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Earl Oatman House
Built in 1913. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Oatman, Earl, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Muncie St., Quilcene, 98365
- When was it listed? July 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Eastern Jefferson County MRA
- Census division. Oak Bay-Port Ludlow
- When was it built? 1913
- National Register reference number. 83003330 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Earl Oatman House between 1993 and 2018, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BANGOR VIEW |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEASEL BAY |
| 31 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | THORNDYKE CREEK |
| 22 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Earl Oatman House: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breidabuck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North End Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Settle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | 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 property
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quilcene, the town this property stands in, 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 | Quilcene | - | Heavy rainfall of 3.21 inches was reported in Quilcene, WA. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quilcene Ranger Station | 6.3 miles | 2012 | |
 | Hamilton-Worthington House | 6.4 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003330 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 75 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.