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Cathlamet, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cathlamet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98612. It stands on Birnie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cathlamet quadrangle. 560 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Cathlamet within Wahkiakum County

On record in Cathlamet

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cathlamet grew from 532 to 560 between 2010 and 2020. 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
2010532
2020560+28 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Cathlamet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSECTION 32-3
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDELIVERANCE
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUPPER ROCK PIT FIRE
21 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters630
14 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLIFTON CORNER FIRE
31 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictEAST TAYLORVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wahkiakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cathlamet: 16 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Wauna Mill PitClayPast Producer
Wauna Shingle Mill PitClayProducer
Wauna Will PitClayProducer
Callahan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crown Cathlamet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taylorville Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cathlamet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clifton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
East Cathlamet1.0 miles15
State Camp4.6 miles15
Flandersville5.7 miles15
Skamokawa6.1 miles14
Sleepy Hollow6.1 miles14
Waterford7.0 miles15
Eagle Cliff8.2 miles15
Brookfield (historical)10.3 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 CathlametAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q168854The 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 1503862. 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.