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Galvin, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Centralia-Chehalis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98531. It lies near Lincoln Creek Valley. The Survey maps it on the Adna quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Galvin within Lewis County

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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Galvin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 183 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 12
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCATTER FIRE
22 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Galvin: 19 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
CentraliaSilicaOccurrence
Apple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bernobich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Centralia Pit & Plant No. 64Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Foron Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grand Mound Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand Mound Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel 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
Fords Prairie2.1 miles17
Blakeslee Junction2.8 miles17
Centralia4.3 miles17
Wabash4.9 miles17
Chehalis6.5 miles17
Claquato6.8 miles15
Littell7.3 miles15
Adna8.0 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 GalvinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5519441The 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 1505074. 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.