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Northeast Tacoma, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tacoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98422. The Survey maps it on the Poverty Bay quadrangle.

Northeast Tacoma within Pierce County

On record in Northeast Tacoma

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Northeast Tacoma in 2012, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHanford Reach National MonumentHANFORD TOWN SITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Northeast Tacoma: 17 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
Tacoma Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1943
Christel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
County Line PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Firwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hylebus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marshall Ave. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKinney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Hill Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce 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
Fife Heights2.0 miles24
Fife3.0 miles26
Tacoma Junction3.1 miles26
Milton3.8 miles26
Caledonia3.8 miles24
Dash Point4.0 miles24
Browns Point4.0 miles24
Tacoma4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512515. 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.