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Mima, 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 Mima Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle. It stands 128 feet above sea level.

Mima 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Mima between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony30
Fireworks11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNBREAK FIRE
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 12
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined268 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIMA ROAD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersINDEPENDENCE RD
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters169TH
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SCATTER CREEK
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOAKBERG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Mima: 21 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Delaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand Mound Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson's Meadow Tracts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jamerson Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Junction 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)2.2 miles14
Rochester3.4 miles14
Littlerock3.6 miles14
Peterson Corner3.9 miles14
Helsing Junction5.0 miles14
Essex5.3 miles14
Grand Mound6.1 miles14
Michigan Hill6.3 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 MimaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888585The 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 1511157. 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.