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Saint Clair, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Olympia East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98513. The Survey maps it on the Nisqually quadrangle.

Saint Clair within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Saint Clair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/undetermined63
Recreation and ceremony58
Debris and open burning45
Fireworks23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking9
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersI-5 TRAIL SE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSEVEN OAKS
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresWashington 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 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Saint Clair: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Iron. 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
Spencer DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
St. Clair LakeIronProspect
Fleetwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gleason Kearney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lacey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nisqually PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Squires PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tom Martin 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
Nisqually2.6 miles17
Mushroom Corner2.7 miles18
Union Mill2.7 miles18
Kellys Korner3.6 miles21
Tanglewilde3.6 miles18
Thompson Place3.8 miles18
Lacey5.3 miles18
Fir Tree5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511288. 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.