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Stella, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. It stands on Germany Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coal Creek quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Stella within Cowlitz County

On record in Stella

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Stella between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Natural1

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitALSTON-MAYGER ROAD
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMERON CREEK
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRIFTING WILLOW
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSTEWART CREEK ROAD #1
3 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters700
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUNKER HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Stella: 19 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Aluminum. 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
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum AreaAluminum, Silica, Titanium, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1946
Sig Fransen Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mayger PitStonePast Producer
Mill Creek AreaAluminumOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Washington Bauxite Dist.AluminumOccurrence1946
Coal Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand 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
Bunker Hill1.3 miles15
Oak Point3.7 miles15
Eufaula3.8 miles15
Eufaula Heights4.0 miles15
Coal Creek5.5 miles15
Evergreen Terrace6.4 miles11
West Longview6.6 miles11
Valley View Tracts7.7 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 StellaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17199120The 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 1511334. 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.