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Napavine, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Napavine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98532. The Survey maps it on the Napavine quadrangle. 1,888 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Napavine 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Napavine between 1992 and 2019, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEIER RD
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersALPHA RD
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters150TH
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGAME DAY
25 September 1996Debris and open burning1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1994Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Napavine: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Quality Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Alois RakozStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eveline QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keller-Petra-Keller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shorey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Union PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Napavine in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Napavine$10,000Tornado with a peak wind speed estimated near 75 mph. Light to moderate damage to metal roofs on out buildings. Light damage to two houses - missing shingles and siding damage. Large branches snapped off several trees. Tornado estimated on the ground for less than 2 minutes.

Every storm 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
Evaline2.9 miles15
Oxley3.0 miles15
Forest3.2 miles15
Klaus3.7 miles15
Saint Urban4.1 miles15
Newaukum4.9 miles17
Marys Corner4.9 miles15
Winlock6.0 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 NapavineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1510290The 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 1506926. 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.