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Coal Creek, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. It stands on Harmony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coal Creek quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.

Coal Creek within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Coal Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony19
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitALSTON-MAYGER ROAD
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRIFTING WILLOW
28 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1992Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitMOHLER FIRE
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTURK RD
2 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCARLON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Coal Creek: 16 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Aluminum. 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
(Facility) Longview Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Sig Fransen Clay PitClayPast Producer
LongviewAluminumOccurrence
Mayger PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Section 4AluminumOccurrence
Coal Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Evergreen Terrace1.6 miles11
Eufaula1.7 miles15
Eufaula Heights2.2 miles15
West Longview2.4 miles11
Valley View Tracts2.6 miles11
Longview Heights3.4 miles11
Columbia Valley Gardens3.7 miles11
Columbia Heights4.7 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 Coal CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17182787The 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 1512102. 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.