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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Napavine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MEIER RD |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ALPHA RD |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 150TH |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GAME DAY |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1994 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Alois Rakoz | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eveline Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keller-Petra-Keller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shorey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Union Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Napavine | $10,000 | Tornado 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaline | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oxley | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Forest | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Klaus | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Urban | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Newaukum | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Marys Corner | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Winlock | 6.0 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 Napavine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510290 | 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 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.







