Cora, Washington
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Big Bottom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98377. It stands on Garrett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Purcell Mountain quadrangle. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Randle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Purcell Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Purcell Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Cora between 1992 and 2019, burning about 140 acres in total. 10 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 burning | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | BURTON |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TRIPLE CONE |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | PURCELL |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | POT HOLE |
| 11 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 930 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cora: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packwood Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Brook | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Siler | 7.6 miles | 23 | |
| Vance (not official) | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Packwood | 8.0 miles | 22 | |
| Randle | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Berry Patch | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cispus | 17.9 miles | 16 | |
| Glenoma | 19.7 miles | 16 |
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 Cora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26972181 | The 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 1530583. 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.









