Toutle, Washington

Toutle, Washington
Unincorporated community
Toutle Location in the state of Washington
Coordinates: 46°19′29″N 122°44′11″W / 46.32472°N 122.73639°W / 46.32472; -122.73639Coordinates: 46°19′29″N 122°44′11″W / 46.32472°N 122.73639°W / 46.32472; -122.73639
Country	United States of America
State	Washington
County	Cowlitz
Elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Time zone	PST (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP code	98649
Area code(s)	360
FIPS code	53-72100
GNIS feature ID	1511568

Toutle is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington. Toutle is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Castle Rock along Washington State Route 504, which is also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. The Toutle community, similar to Toutle River, takes its name from the Hullooetell, a band of the Skillot - a Chinookan tribe. The Toutle community is part of the Toutle Lake School District, a K-12 school district of about 600 students. Toutle is near Mount St. Helens and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which lies at the end of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. 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.