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Tono, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98589. The Survey maps it on the Bucoda quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.

Tono 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Tono between 1992 and 2019, burning about 107 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1997Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution6.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUCODA
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBACK 2 BACK
30 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 1993Debris and open burning1.5 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tono: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gemstone, Stone. 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
Bucoda PitClay, PeatPast Producer
CentraliaGemstoneOccurrence
MendotaSilicaOccurrence
Skookumchuck PitStoneProducer
Weyerhaeuser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BrownClayPast Producer
Crowder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcconnell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stevens 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
Bucoda2.9 miles21
Tenino5.8 miles21
McIntosh6.5 miles21
Sunnydale7.0 miles20
Chaenn Hill7.3 miles21
Offutt Lake9.3 miles21
Western Junction9.3 miles21
Skookumchuck9.4 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on TonoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7821607The 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 1511373. 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.