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Curtis, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Winlock-Pe Ell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Curtis quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.

Curtis within Lewis County

On record in Curtis

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 1 record

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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 1 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2012Other causes2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUBBARD ROAD
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCEMETARY
28 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 2018Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJORGENSEN ROAD
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSILO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Adna Pit No. 2StonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roundtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bunker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtis Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harv Breen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Ruth1.5 miles15
Klaber2.0 miles15
Ceres2.7 miles15
Crego (historical)3.0 miles15
Millburn3.1 miles15
Boistfort3.8 miles15
Adna3.9 miles15
Bunker4.0 miles15

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 CurtisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5195663The 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 1510904. 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.