Kid Valley, Washington

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Kid Valley is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington. Kid Valley is located east of the city of Castle Rock and along the North Fork Toutle River. Kid Valley is reached by traveling {{convert|17.8|mi|km}} east of Castle Rock along Washington State Route 504, which is also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.{{cite web|url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.655 |title=RCW 47.17.655: State Route 504 |author=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=14 June 2014}} The Kid Valley community is part of the Toutle Lake School District, a K-12 school district of about 600 students.

Kid Valley is located {{convert|23.86|mi|km}} northwest of Mount St. Helens. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.

Geography

The Kid Valley Bridge carries State Highway 504 from the north to the south side of the North Fork of the Toutle River. This bridge was the only bridge on the highway not damaged or completely destroyed by mudflows following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Its survival was due to its high clearance.Robert L. Schuster, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xhTAL7gOq_sC&pg=PA701 "Effects of the eruptions on civil works and operations in the Pacific Northwest"], pp. 701–718 in, Peter W. Lipman, Donal R. Mullineaux (eds), The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1250, US Government Printing Office, 1982.

There was a logging camp, 19 mile, in Kid Valley. Some of the bridges destroyed by Mount St. Helens were owned by logging companies. Another natural disaster that affected logging in Kid Valley was a storm in February 1996 which caused multiple debris flows. It was mostly logging roads that were damaged, but State Highway 504 was also blocked in two places near Kid Valley.Edwin L. Harp, Alan F. Chleborad, Robert L. Schuster, Susan H. Cannon, Mark E. Redi, Raymond C. Wilson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ol2rvOjDiesC Landslides and Landslide Hazards in Washington State Due to February 5-9, 1996 Storm], p. 15, US Geological Survey Administrative Report.

There is a forest campsite in Kid Valley.Kim Cooper Findling, Day Trips from Portland, Oregon: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler, p. 27, Rowman & Littlefield, 2011 {{ISBN|0762768924}}.

References

External links

[https://www.toutlesd.k12.wa.us/ Toutle Lake School District website]

Category:Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington

Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)