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Columbia Heights, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Longview-Kelso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. The Survey maps it on the Kelso quadrangle.

Columbia Heights within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony25
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILL STREET
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. BRYNION RD
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
23 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKY POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Columbia Heights: 24 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, 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
(Facility) Longview Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Grady QuarryStonePast Producer
Mount 5640 QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
LongviewAluminumOccurrence
Section 4AluminumOccurrence
40th Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alder Bluff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coal Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coal Creek Quarry Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Corman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Beacon Hill1.3 miles11
Longview Heights1.4 miles11
West Kelso1.6 miles11
Longview1.8 miles11
Monticello (historical)1.8 miles11
Rocky Point1.8 miles11
Columbia Valley Gardens1.8 miles11
Valley View Tracts2.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512110. 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.