Special district · Washington State
Fire District 4 – Morton — Fire District, Lewis County WA
Fire District 4 – Morton is a fire district in Lewis county, Washington. It provides fire and emergency medical services.
Not the same as the other district numbered 4 in Lewis County. Lewis also has Cemetery District 4 – Glenoma-Packwood-Randle, Water-Sewer District 4 – Chehalis. These are separate governments with separate boards, budgets and ballots — sharing a number does not make them one district.
Last checked 2026-08-07
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About this district
It provides fire and emergency medical services.
| Type | Fire District |
|---|---|
| Number | 4 |
| County | Lewis |
| Voting precincts | 5 |
| Official name | FIRE DISTRICT 4 – MORTON |
| State district code | FIR210014 |
Source WA Secretary of State district and precinct files · as of 2026-08-07 · district record
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Recent elections
Election records the state publishes for this district. Board members are elected in odd-numbered years.
| Year | Candidate | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Roger Smith | 334 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Pam Cool | 429 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Roger W. Smith | 291 | Won |
| 2023 | Christopher Grantham | 230 | — |
| 2021 | George M Harbaugh | 422 | Won, unopposed |
| 2019 | Gerald Klepach | 210 | Won, unopposed |
4 of the 5 races on record here drew no opponent. An unopposed race still appears on the ballot and still has to be certified. It is ordinary for special districts rather than a sign of anything.
Source WA Secretary of State election results · as of 2026-08-07 · 5 races on record
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Other districts in Lewis County
See every special district in Lewis County — fire, school, water, port, hospital, cemetery and park districts, and which of them share a number.
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Common questions
What is Fire District 4 – Morton?
A fire district in Lewis county, Washington, governed by an elected board of commissioners or directors. It provides fire and emergency medical services.
Who runs Fire District 4 – Morton?
Recent elected officials include Roger Smith, Pam Cool, Roger W. Smith.
Is this the same as the other District 4 in Lewis County?
No. Lewis County also has Cemetery District 4 – Glenoma-Packwood-Randle and Water-Sewer District 4 – Chehalis. They are separate governments with separate boards, budgets and ballots.
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What this page will not compute
Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.
- What it levies, or spends
- Special districts set their own levies and budgets, and those filings are held by each county assessor rather than in any state-wide dataset. Nothing here is a financial figure.
- Who currently sits on the board
- We show election records where a district name matched one, which is 54% of them. A matched election tells you who won that race, not who holds the seat today — boards fill vacancies by appointment between elections, and those appointments are not published centrally.
- Where its boundary runs
- The register gives a precinct count, not a shape. Two districts of the same type in one county can be adjacent or nowhere near each other, and this page cannot tell you which.
Cite this page
This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.
“Fire District 4 – Morton — Fire District, Lewis County WA,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/lewis-fire-4/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Secretary of State — district and precinct files
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/
- WA Secretary of State — election results
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results.aspx