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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.

Cora within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

37 since 1992

Regional 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 burning13
Natural10
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1
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 2001Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestBURTON
5 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTRIPLE CONE
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGifford Pinchot National Forestnot named
15 September 2012Naturalunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestPURCELL
11 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestPOT HOLE
11 September 2007Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters930

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Packwood SpringGeothermalProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Silver Brook6.3 miles23
Siler7.6 miles23
Vance (not official)7.9 miles23
Packwood8.0 miles22
Randle8.8 miles23
Berry Patch14.7 miles12
Cispus17.9 miles16
Glenoma19.7 miles16

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 CoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q26972181The 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.