BlockWest Longview, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Longview-Kelso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98632. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelso quadrangle. 2,882 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 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
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of West Longview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILL STREET |
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ALSTON-MAYGER ROAD |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | MOHLER FIRE |
| 20 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TURK RD |
| 2 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CARLON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of West Longview: 22 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Longview Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Mount 5640 Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sig Fransen Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grady Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Longview | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Section 4 | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Coal Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Longview Concrete Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Terrace | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia Valley Gardens | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Valley View Tracts | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Longview Heights | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coal Creek | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Columbia Heights | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Eufaula | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Longview | 3.8 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 West Longview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503112 | 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 1867644. 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.