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Kellys Korner, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Olympia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98513. The Survey maps it on the East Olympia quadrangle. It stands 213 feet above sea level.

Kellys Korner 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

238 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Kellys Korner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 ceremony55
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Fireworks21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes4
Natural2
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersI-5 TRAIL SE
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 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVER RIDGE
4 September 2006Arson/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 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kellys Korner: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Spencer DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
St. Clair LakeIronProspect
Fleetwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gleason Kearney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spurgeon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Squires PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Fir Tree2.1 miles21
Union Mill3.3 miles18
Saint Clair3.6 miles17
East Olympia3.8 miles21
Mushroom Corner4.3 miles18
Lacey4.5 miles18
Tanglewilde4.7 miles18
Thompson Place4.9 miles18

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 Q54888580The 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 1512342. 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.