Maytown, Washington
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98512. It stands on Allen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maytown quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Maytown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Maytown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Maytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 615 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 268 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIMA ROAD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEBSTER |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MAYTOWN REST STOP |
| 5 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 830 |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Smoking | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Maytown: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Western Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Capital Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Case Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crescent Well Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maytown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Union | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Littlerock | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sunnydale | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Plumb | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Chaenn Hill | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Tenino | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Belmore | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Offutt Lake | 6.3 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 Maytown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888582 | 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 1533530. 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.












