Nisqually Vista, Washington
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Mount Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98304. It stands on Dead Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Rainier East quadrangle.
On record in Nisqually Vista
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 within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Paradise InnNational Historic Landmark · listed 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Paradise Historic Districtlisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Narada Falls Comfort Stationlisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Narada Falls Bridgelisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Edith Creek Chlorination Houselisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Mt Rainier East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Nisqually Vista between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. 23 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | NISQUALLY FIRE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | VISTA |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | MAZAMA |
| 27 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | B23 |
| 25 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | VANTRUMP1 |
| 24 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | COUGARROCK |
| 10 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | E25 |
| 10 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | B16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nisqually Vista: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Geothermal, Arsenic, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Linnaeite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Eagle Peak | Copper, Uranium, Silver, Gold, Cobalt | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Peak Mine | Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc, Molybdenum, Uranium, Arsenic | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Linnaeite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Longmire Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Paradise Prospect | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Paradise | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Longmire | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Sunrise | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Ashford | 15.1 miles | 15 | |
| National | 16.5 miles | 15 | |
| Snoquera | 19.8 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Fairfax | 20.2 miles | 26 | |
| Park Junction | 20.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122594421 | 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 1533599. 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.







