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Longview Junction, Washington

12 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. It stands on Coweeman River. The Survey maps it on the Rainier quadrangle.

Longview Junction within Cowlitz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Longview Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony18
Other causes7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. BRYNION RD
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHARBOR VIEW DR. #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Longview Junction: 26 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Bauxite Kalama-RainerAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite OccurrenceAluminumOccurrence
Columbia West QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Mount 5640 QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Columbia West Materials & ConstStonePast Producer
Grady QuarryStonePast Producer
Pete MatiacoStonePast Producer
PetersonStonePast Producer
Deal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Headquarters Rd. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Vision Acres1.6 miles13
Davis Terrace2.1 miles11
Carrolls2.7 miles13
Kelso3.1 miles11
Rose Valley3.3 miles13
West Kelso3.4 miles11
Longview3.5 miles11
Monticello (historical)3.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122565850The 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 1511106. 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.