Croker, Washington

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98360. It stands on South Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orting quadrangle.

Croker within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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.

1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
1942 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1944 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Orting quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Orting quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Croker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined	24
Recreation and ceremony	16
Debris and open burning	13
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Fireworks	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Other causes	1
Smoking	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	156TH SREET
7 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	ORTING
7 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH PRAIRIE CREEK
6 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	VOIGHT CREEK
6 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CASCADIA
5 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	186TH
29 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
28 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Croker: 15 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Lead, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Burlington Northern Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Hicks Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer
Mcmillan	Calcium	Past Producer
Tacoma Silver Mine #42	Lead, Gold, Silver	Prospect
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gregg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Orting	2.5 miles	29
Prairie Ridge	3.1 miles	28
Rhododendron Park	4.1 miles	28
South Prairie	4.5 miles	29
Ponderosa Estates	4.8 miles	28
Cascade Junction	5.2 miles	29
McMillin	5.3 miles	28
Cedar View	5.5 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510899. 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.