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Randle, Washington

23 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 98377. It stands on Hampton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Randle quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

Randle within Lewis County

On record in Randle

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Randle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2006Natural1.5 acresGifford Pinchot National ForestSILVER CREEK
5 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2005Smokingunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestFOOTBALL
20 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKIONA ROAD
9 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSAVIO
9 August 1998Other causesunder 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Randle: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Kiona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smathers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Squatter QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cowlitz Valley CPumiceOccurrence
Hunt & Gaines PitPumicePast Producer
Kiona Creek APumiceOccurrence
Kiona Creek BPumiceOccurrence

Every working 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
Vance (not official)1.6 miles23
Siler2.3 miles23
Silver Brook2.6 miles23
Cora8.8 miles23
Cispus9.2 miles16
Glenoma10.9 miles16
Kosmos (historical)12.5 miles15
Packwood16.0 miles22

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 RandleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5803319The 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 1524864. 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.