Tahoma, Washington

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tahoma-Maple Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98038. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maple Valley quadrangle.

Tahoma within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
1949 USGS Maple Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Renton quadrangle1:25000
1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Maple Valley quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tahoma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
29 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	LITTLE SALMON
3 August 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 August 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 June 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
7 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LANDSBURG
30 June 1994	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 June 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Tahoma: 12 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Green River Hi-Alumina Clays	Aluminum	Prospect
Ravensdale Pit	Silica	Producer
Black Diamond Coal Dump	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ravensdale Coal Dump	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ravensdale Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Black River Quarry Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
E-Z Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in King 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Arcadia	0.4 miles	22
Orchard Grove	0.6 miles	22
Noble	0.7 miles	22
Dorre Don	1.2 miles	22
Atkinson	1.4 miles	22
Wilderness Village	1.8 miles	22
Maple Valley	1.9 miles	22
Summit	1.9 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514851. 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.