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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.

Brookfield within Wahkiakum County

Population over time

6 figures

Brookfield 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.

YearPeople Change
1880196
1900479+283 (+144%)
1910361-118 (-25%)
1920241-120 (-33%)
193090-151 (-63%)
194024-66 (-73%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFALL RUN
2 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDAIRY FIRE
10 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBROOKFIELD EAST
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAstoria DistrictALDRICH POINT 12-018
3 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters800
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVISTA PARK SHOP
28 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictLITTLE ALDRICH #024
3 July 2004Fireworksunder an acreAstoria DistrictAUTIO LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wahkiakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clapsop CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clapsop CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Estoos PitClayPast Producer
Estoos PitClayProducer
Mcnally QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wahkiakum County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dahlia2.9 miles14
Carlson Landing3.9 miles16
Altoona5.1 miles16
Eden5.4 miles16
Skamokawa5.5 miles14
Sleepy Hollow5.8 miles14
Rosburg6.1 miles16
Grays River6.8 miles14

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 Q16985444The 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.