BlockBefore

South Union, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Olympia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98512. The Survey maps it on the Maytown quadrangle.

South Union within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of South Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks5
Natural4
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEBSTER
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAYTOWN REST STOP
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTROSPER LAKE
5 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters830
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of South Union: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Tumwater Sand & Gravel PitStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Army QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Webber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Capital Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Case Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crescent Well PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deschutes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maytown 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
Bush2.9 miles21
Plumb2.9 miles21
Maytown3.7 miles21
East Olympia4.2 miles21
Belmore4.2 miles21
Tumwater4.4 miles18
Offutt Lake4.9 miles21
Lamberts Corner5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511329. 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.