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Eufaula, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. It stands on Brock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coal Creek quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.

Eufaula within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Eufaula between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking4
Other causes3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitALSTON-MAYGER ROAD
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRIFTING WILLOW
21 September 1994Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1992Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitMOHLER FIRE
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTURK RD
2 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCARLON
12 September 2014Recreation and ceremony5.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBERGLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Eufaula: 18 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
LongviewAluminumOccurrence
Sig Fransen Clay PitClayPast Producer
Coal Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Williamson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mayger PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
UnknownStonePast 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
Eufaula Heights1.4 miles15
Coal Creek1.7 miles15
Evergreen Terrace2.8 miles11
West Longview3.2 miles11
Stella3.8 miles15
Valley View Tracts4.0 miles11
Columbia Valley Gardens4.7 miles11
Bunker Hill4.8 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 EufaulaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17198989The 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 1512195. 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.