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Jims Corner, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Graham-Thrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98338. The Survey maps it on the Tanwax Lake quadrangle.

Jims Corner within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Jims Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined275 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters244TH COMMAND
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 1999Fireworks1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

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 Jims Corner: 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tacoma Silver Mine #42Lead, Gold, SilverProspect
Christoph PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Tanwax2.8 miles29
Johnsons Corner3.5 miles18
Voss Resort3.5 miles15
Kapowsin3.7 miles15
Leber3.8 miles18
Graham4.0 miles24
Rocky Ridge4.3 miles24
Thrift4.6 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122551632The 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 1521383. 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.