Brookfield, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grays River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98643. It stands on Harlows Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grays River quadrangle. 24 people lived here at the 1940 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Population over time
6 figuresBrookfield fell from 196 to 24 between 1880 and 1940. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 196 | |
| 1900 | 479 | +283 (+144%) |
| 1910 | 361 | -118 (-25%) |
| 1920 | 241 | -120 (-33%) |
| 1930 | 90 | -151 (-63%) |
| 1940 | 24 | -66 (-73%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FALL RUN |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | DAIRY FIRE |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BROOKFIELD EAST |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Astoria District | ALDRICH POINT 12-018 |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
| 29 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VISTA PARK SHOP |
| 28 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | LITTLE ALDRICH #024 |
| 3 July 2004 | Fireworks | under an acre | Astoria District | AUTIO LOOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Brookfield (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapsop County | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clapsop County | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Estoos Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Estoos Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mcnally Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlia | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Carlson Landing | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Altoona | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Eden | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Skamokawa | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rosburg | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grays River | 6.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Brookfield (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16985444 | 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 1510839. 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.







