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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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Longview within Cowlitz County

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

Every listing in Cowlitz County

Population over time

2 figures

Longview 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.

YearPeople Change
201036,648
202037,818+1,170 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

127 since 1992

Regional 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony22
Other causes8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILL STREET
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOWL CREEK
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. BRYNION RD
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHARBOR VIEW DR. #1
23 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKY POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Longview Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Bauxite Kalama-RainerAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Mount 5640 QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite OccurrenceAluminumOccurrence
LongviewAluminumOccurrence
Columbia West Materials & ConstStonePast Producer
Grady QuarryStonePast Producer
Pete MatiacoStonePast Producer
PetersonStonePast Producer
UnknownStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cowlitz County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2019LightningLongview1 hurtA 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 2020FloodLongview$250,000,000Widespread 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 2015Heavy RainLongview$2,098,000Heavy 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 2014Tornado (EF1)Longview$182,000Law 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 2024Tornado (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 2017FloodLongview-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 2017FloodLongview-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 2006FloodLongview-no account filed
January 2006FloodLongview-no account filed
December 2005FloodLongview-no account filed

Every storm 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
Monticello (historical)0.0 miles11
West Kelso1.0 miles11
Kelso1.7 miles11
Columbia Heights1.8 miles11
Davis Terrace2.2 miles11
Columbia Valley Gardens2.4 miles11
Beacon Hill2.7 miles11
Rocky Point2.8 miles11

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 LongviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983801The 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.