Rose Valley, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rose Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98626. It lies in Rose Valley. The Survey maps it on the Kalama quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1921 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Rose Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 221 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OWL CREEK |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LIGHTING MT. |
| 6 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILE POST 35 |
| 4 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT. BRYNION RD |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD POINT FIRE |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | 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 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Rose Valley: 16 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia West Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Headquarters Rd. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rose Valley Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia River Sand & Gravel Pt No3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monte Kress Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ostrander Rock and Construction Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Acres | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Carrolls | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Longview Junction | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Davis Terrace | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kelso | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| West Kelso | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kalama | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Longview | 6.5 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 Rose Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199079 | 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 1531319. 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.






