Lacey, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Olympia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98503. It lies near Woods Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Lacey quadrangle. 53,526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.
On record in Lacey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Chamber's Prairie-Ruddell Pioneer Cemeterylisted 1995
Long Lake Recreation Halllisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresLacey grew from 42,393 to 53,526 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42,393 | |
| 2020 | 53,526 | +11,133 (+26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lacey quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Lacey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Lacey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | I-5 TRAIL SE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SEVEN OAKS |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MALL FIRE |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lacey: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mottman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ames Huntly Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Capitol Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fleetwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gleason Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lacey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O & K Trucking Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steilacoom Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tom Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacey in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Lightning | Lacey | 1 hurt | A 17 year old was struck by lightning while he was working outside. He sustained minor burns, some hearing loss and a headache. The tree next to him was stripped of its bark. |
| September 2002 | Lightning | Lacey | $20,000 | Lightning struck a garage, a DOT building and a tree in the Olympia area. The garage, filled with antiques, was destroyed. The DOT building lost power and the tree was split. |
| January 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Lacey | - | On the ground for less than 2 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Lacey | - | A funnel cloud descended 1/3 way to ground. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewilde | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Thompson Place | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Union Mill | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mushroom Corner | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| South Bay | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Olympia | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Kellys Korner | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| East Olympia | 4.6 miles | 21 |
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 Lacey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970086 | The 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 1512362. 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.







