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Littlerock, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98512. It stands on Waddell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Littlerock quadrangle. It stands 144 feet above sea level.

Littlerock within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Littlerock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 440 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning35
Recreation and ceremony23
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks5
Smoking5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNBREAK FIRE
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined268 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIMA ROAD
8 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLYMPIC PEAK
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEBSTER
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SCATTER CREEK
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAYTOWN REST STOP
5 September 1992Debris 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 Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Littlerock: 14 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
Case Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crescent Well PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maytown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mima PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mima PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tallheimer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tumwater Sand & Gravel PitSand 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
Bordeaux (historical)3.3 miles14
Mima3.6 miles14
Maytown4.0 miles21
Delphi5.3 miles14
Sunnydale6.5 miles20
South Union6.5 miles21
Belmore6.6 miles21
Essex6.8 miles14

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 LittlerockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6653044The 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 1512396. 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.