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Fir Tree, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98513. The Survey maps it on the East Olympia quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Fir Tree 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Fir Tree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony31
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSEVEN OAKS
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters700
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresWashington 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
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fir Tree: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Iron. 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
Army QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
St. Clair LakeIronProspect
Deschutes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scatter Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spurgeon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Squires PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Junction 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
Kellys Korner2.1 miles21
East Olympia2.9 miles21
Western Junction3.3 miles21
Skookumchuck3.6 miles21
Offutt Lake3.9 miles21
Plumb4.3 miles21
Union Mill5.3 miles18
Bush5.3 miles21

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 Fir TreeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888576The 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 1504887. 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.