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Benroy, Washington

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Puyallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98390. The Survey maps it on the Sumner quadrangle.

Benroy within Pierce County

On record in Benroy

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Benroy between 2004 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEHLI HILL
4 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHanford Reach National MonumentHANFORD TOWN SITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Benroy: 22 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Auburn Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aztec PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bremmeyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carl G. Olson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
County Line PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Firwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heidinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dieringer1.1 miles28
Edgewood2.6 miles24
Sumner2.7 miles28
Lake Tapps2.9 miles28
North Puyallup3.1 miles26
Milton3.6 miles26
Meeker4.2 miles26
Puyallup4.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510820. 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.