Longview, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Longview-Kelso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. The Survey maps it on the Kelso quadrangle. 37,818 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
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On record in Longview
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 12 of 22 shown
Berwind-Purcell Houselisted 2010
Big Four Furniture Buildinglisted 1985
Columbia Theaterlisted 1985
First Christian Churchlisted 1985
Robert Alexander Long High Schoollisted 1985
Longview Bridgelisted 1982
Longview Community Churchlisted 1985
Longview Community Church-Saint Helen's Additionlisted 1985
Longview Community Storelisted 1985
Longview Women's Clubhouselisted 1985
Mills Buildinglisted 1985
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Buildinglisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresLongview grew from 36,648 to 37,818 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36,648 | |
| 2020 | 37,818 | +1,170 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Longview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILL STREET |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OWL CREEK |
| 4 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT. BRYNION RD |
| 28 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HARBOR VIEW DR. #1 |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Longview: 27 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Longview Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Bauxite Kalama-Rainer | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Mount 5640 Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Kalama-Ranier Bauxite Occurrence | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Longview | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia West Materials & Const | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grady Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pete Matiaco | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longview in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 6 flood, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Lightning | Longview | 1 hurt | A Longview mill worker was struck by lightning, and taken to the hospital. This information was discovered from a local media source who wrote an article about the incident. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Longview | $250,000,000 | Widespread street flooding in Longview resulting in several businesses in the downtown area experiencing flooding. The first floor of the local Hospital also flooded due to heavy rain. Several videos received from the emergency manager and also noted from broadcast media reports. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Longview | $2,098,000 | Heavy rain resulted in multiple land slides between Longview and Kalama. Highway 30 and Kalama River Road were closed due to multiple slides and stranded some residents. A land slide hit a residence and trapped the owner with no injuries. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Longview | $182,000 | Law enforcement confirmed that a tornado touched down near the Safeway in Longview, WA around 1240 PM. The tornado then traveled down Vandercook Way before dissipating near Main St. There was significant roof damage to industrial buildings, minor roof damage to residential buildings, 35 to 30 large trees snapped off or blew down, some power poles downed, and automobiles damaged from debris. |
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Longview | - | A short-lived waterspout over the Columbia River near the Lewis and Clark bridge at Longview occurred with multiple photos taken from the Lewis and Clark Bridge to the west. Indicated on radar and media reported. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Longview | - | Recent heavy rains in addition to snow melt upstream caused the Columbia River near Longview to flood. The river crested at 13.92 feet on March 30th, which is 0.42 feet above flood stage. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Longview | - | Heavy rain caused the Cowlitz River near Kelso to flood. The river crested at 21.6 feet, which is 0.01 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Longview | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Longview | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Flood | Longview | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello (historical) | 0.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Kelso | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kelso | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia Heights | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Davis Terrace | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia Valley Gardens | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Beacon Hill | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Point | 2.8 miles | 11 |
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 Longview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983801 | The 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 1506304. 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.






