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Bush, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Olympia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98501. The Survey maps it on the Maytown quadrangle. It stands 184 feet above sea level.

Bush within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Bush between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 were 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning39
Recreation and ceremony24
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks4
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMALL FIRE
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEBSTER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTROSPER LAKE
5 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Bush: 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Tumwater Sand & Gravel PitStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Army QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mottman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Webber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Capital Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Capitol Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Case Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Decatur St. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deschutes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
East Olympia2.4 miles21
Tumwater2.5 miles18
South Union2.9 miles21
Plumb3.7 miles21
Olympia4.2 miles18
Belmore4.5 miles21
Lacey4.8 miles18
Lamberts Corner4.9 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BushAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888574The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514862. 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.