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Thrift, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Graham-Thrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98338. The Survey maps it on the Frederickson quadrangle.

Thrift within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Thrift between 1993 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined275 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters244TH COMMAND
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersORTING
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVOIGHT CREEK
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCASCADIA
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHANCOCK CEDAR STRIKE
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters186TH
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1998Debris and open burning2.5 acresWashington 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Thrift: 11 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Hicks PitFlagstonePast Producer
Tacoma Silver Mine #42Lead, Gold, SilverProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Christoph PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thun Field Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Graham2.2 miles24
Tanwax3.4 miles29
Orting4.0 miles29
Puyallup River Junction4.5 miles29
Jims Corner4.6 miles18
Berkeley4.6 miles24
Kapowsin4.8 miles15
Electron5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511371. 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.