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Ostrander, 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 98626. It stands on Ostrander Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelso quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Ostrander within Cowlitz County

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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Ostrander between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 5 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony19
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Other causes5
Fireworks5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT. BRYNION RD
4 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
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 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Ostrander: 16 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, 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
Grady QuarryStonePast Producer
Mount 5640 QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
LongviewAluminumOccurrence
Section 4AluminumOccurrence
Corman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Headquarters Rd. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Memorial Park Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ostrander PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cowlitz River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Lexington0.8 miles11
Rocky Point1.7 miles11
Beacon Hill2.0 miles11
Pleasant Hill2.3 miles11
Columbia Heights3.3 miles11
Kelso3.3 miles11
Sandy Bend3.5 miles11
Longview Heights3.5 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.

Wikipedia article on OstranderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17183976The 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 1512540. 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.