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Peterson Corner, 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 98579. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.

Peterson Corner within Thurston County

On record in Peterson Corner

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

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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Peterson Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 199 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
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Smoking2

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 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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersINDEPENDENCE RD
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOAKBERG
6 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCONSTRUCTION
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

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 Peterson Corner: 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
Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ames PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bardeaux PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Delaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand Mound Pit and MillSand 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

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
Rochester1.1 miles14
Helsing Junction1.3 miles14
Independence2.6 miles14
Michigan Hill3.3 miles14
Mima3.9 miles14
Bordeaux (historical)5.3 miles14
Essex6.0 miles14
Grand Mound6.1 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.

Wikidata item Q122559456The 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 1511224. 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.