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Eastward, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fort Lewis-DuPont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98433. It sits by Fourth Infantry Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Steilacoom quadrangle.

Eastward within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Eastward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
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
9 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 August 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKETRON ISLAND
20 July 1992Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresSouth Puget Sound Region-Department of Natural ResourcesNISQUALLY
30 June 2019Fireworks4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMADRONA BLUFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Eastward: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
Anderson IslandDiatomiteOccurrence
Lakewood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcneil Island Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nisqually PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Ketron0.7 miles16
Steilacoom2.0 miles16
DuPont3.4 miles17
Hillside3.7 miles15
Tillicum3.8 miles15
Lake City3.8 miles16
Bee4.3 miles16
Interlaken4.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510933. 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.