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Doty, Washington

14 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 Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doty quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level.

Doty within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Doty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters8 MILE
29 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLUSCK
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAM
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACKBERRY FIRE
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRLEUDINGHAUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Doty: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
DotyGemstoneOccurrence
Road Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Doty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Road Pit No. 35Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thrash Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doty in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007FloodDoty1 killed, $50,000,000The Chehalis river at Centralia reached a record flood stage of 74.78 feet. An 81-year old man disappeared along a stream near Winlock. More than 450 homes were damaged outside of the cities of Chehalis and Centralia. About 65 homes were destroyed, while just over 200 had major damage. Over 1800 farm animals died. A 20 mile stretch of Interstate-5 was closed for 3 days as parts of the interstate were under as much as 10 feet of water as well as the major north-south rail line. In Centralia about 350 homes were damaged or destroyed. About 1100 people used shelters. Many schools were closed for a week. Some communities had no fresh water. More than 20 square blocks near downtown Centralia were under water.
January 2021FloodDoty$1,450,000The Chehalis River near Doty, Newaukum River near Centralia rose above flood stage Jan 3. Urban and small stream flooding occurred as well.

Every storm 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
Dryad1.4 miles14
Murnen2.4 miles14
Pe Ell4.5 miles14
Mays (historical)5.3 miles15
Meskill5.7 miles15
McCormick6.1 miles14
Reynolds (historical)6.8 miles14
Ceres6.8 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 DotyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473724The 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 1512158. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.