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Johnsons 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.

Johnsons 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
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
5 September 2018Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters58TH AVE CT E
5 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTRAILER
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLACAMAS
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2002Debris and open burningunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Johnsons Corner: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
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
Leber2.6 miles18
Rocky Ridge2.8 miles24
Jims Corner3.5 miles18
Elk Plain5.5 miles26
Graham6.0 miles24
Tanwax6.3 miles29
Loveland6.4 miles26
Berkeley6.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521444. 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.