West Kelso, Washington

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 within a mile 12 of 15 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• Nat Smith Houselisted 1975 · 0.3 miles away
• Adam Catlin Houselisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
• Columbia Theaterlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
• US Post Office-Kelso Mainlisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
• Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
• Willard Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
• Big Four Furniture Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
• Washington Gas and Electric Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
• Sevier and Weed Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
• Schumann Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
• Mills Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
• Pounder Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away

Every listing in Cowlitz County

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.

• 1921 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
• 1990 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of West Kelso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Longview
• Monticello (historical)
• Davis Terrace
• Kelso
• Beacon Hill
• Columbia Heights

Every fire recorded in Cowlitz County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of West Kelso: 24 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 6 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Cowlitz County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512792. 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.