Cougar is an
unincorporated community
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and former
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Cowlitz County, Washington
Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 110,730. The county seat is Kelso, and its largest city is Longview. The county was formed in April 1854. Its name derives from th ...
. Cougar is located around northeast of
Woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...
along
Washington State Route 503
State Route 503 (SR 503) is a state highway serving Clark and Cowlitz counties in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels north from a short concurrency with SR 500 in Orchards through Battle Ground, the eastern t ...
and situated along the northwest bank of
Yale Lake, a
reservoir
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Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
on the
Lewis River.
The population of Cougar was 122 at the
1990 Census, when it was still incorporated as a town, but disincorporated before the
2000 Census. As of the
2020 census, the population is 118.
The Cougar community is part of the
Woodland School District, a
K-12
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school district of about 2,200 students.
Cougar is the nearest community to
Mount St. Helens, which lies 13 miles (20.9215 km) to its northeast. 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.
A post office called Cougar was established in 1902. The community was named after the
cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Cent ...
which were abundant in the area at that time.
Geography
Climate
According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, Cougar has a
warm-summer mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Cougar was on June 29, 2021, while the coldest temperature recorded was on December 30, 1968.
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Education
Cougar is in the territory of Woodland Public Schools,
External links
Woodland Public Schools website
References
Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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