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Ohop, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Graham-Thrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98360. It stands on North Fork Ohop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Kapowsin quadrangle.

Ohop within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Ohop between 1992 and 2016, burning about 17 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHANCOCK CEDAR STRIKE
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGILLIGANS ISLAND
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKING CREEK
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ohop: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Clay City PitsClayPast Producer
Enterprise Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Siegmund RanchSilicaOccurrence
Christoph PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Surprise Valley2.5 miles15
Voss Resort3.0 miles15
Electron3.2 miles15
Kapowsin3.3 miles15
Clay City3.7 miles18
Puyallup River Junction4.2 miles29
Tanwax4.9 miles29
Eatonville Junction5.9 miles18

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 Q122558318The 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 1523974. 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.