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Joyce, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. The Survey maps it on the Joyce quadrangle. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Joyce within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Joyce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
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 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTRIPED PIT FIRE
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPPC
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFISHER COVE FIRE
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLYRE RIVER CAMPGROUND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Joyce: 11 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
FirManganeseUnknown1956
KingManganeseUnknown1956
Christopher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fielding Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piedmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ramapo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joyce in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Heavy RainJoyce$350,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clallam 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
Port Crescent1.8 miles12
Disque1.9 miles15
Ramapo2.9 miles14
Maple Grove4.1 miles14
Piedmont4.2 miles15
Snug Harbor4.5 miles14
Crescent4.8 miles15
Coville5.6 miles12

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 JoyceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6297369The 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 1521482. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.