Packwood, Washington
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Big Bottom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98361. It stands on Jonathan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Packwood quadrangle. 319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
On record in Packwood
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 1 record
La Wis Wis Guard Station No. 1165listed 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Packwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Packwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Packwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Packwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | COAL CREEK |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RAINIER DRIVE |
| 7 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | FLAT |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | VALLEY 8 |
| 6 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | SNIDER |
| 6 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WAPIATI TRAIL |
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | JOHNSON |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | FLEA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Packwood: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packwood Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Packwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Packwood Pit No. 96 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Warnke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Packwood in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Packwood | 2 killed, $8,800,000 | Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cora | 8.0 miles | 23 | |
| Berry Patch | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Brook | 13.4 miles | 23 | |
| Siler | 15.2 miles | 23 | |
| Vance (not official) | 15.5 miles | 23 | |
| Randle | 16.0 miles | 23 | |
| Cispus | 25.2 miles | 16 | |
| Glenoma | 26.7 miles | 16 |
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 Packwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473610 | 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 1524132. 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.









