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Carrolls, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rose Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98609. It sits by Carrolls Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Kalama quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Carrolls within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Carrolls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOWL CREEK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEMERALD 2
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI RD #1
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Carrolls: 22 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Columbia West QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Babler Bros.StonePast Producer
Bob Walker PitStonePast Producer
Goble QuarryStonePast Producer
Grahm Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
McateeStonePast Producer
Babler Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goble PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grahm Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cowlitz 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
Vision Acres1.1 miles13
Rose Valley2.6 miles13
Longview Junction2.7 miles12
Kalama4.5 miles13
Davis Terrace4.7 miles11
Kelso5.7 miles11
West Kelso6.1 miles11
Longview6.1 miles11

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 CarrollsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17182728The 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 1512067. 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.