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Voss Resort, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Graham-Thrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98338. The Survey maps it on the Lake Kapowsin quadrangle.

Voss Resort within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Voss Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined275 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters244TH COMMAND
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHANCOCK CEDAR STRIKE
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1998Debris and open burning2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Voss Resort: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Clay City PitsClayPast Producer
Enterprise Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hicks PitFlagstonePast Producer
Siegmund RanchSilicaOccurrence
Tacoma Silver Mine #42Lead, Gold, SilverProspect
Christoph PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel 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
Kapowsin0.9 miles15
Tanwax2.1 miles29
Electron2.5 miles15
Surprise Valley3.0 miles15
Ohop3.0 miles15
Puyallup River Junction3.1 miles29
Clay City3.5 miles18
Jims Corner3.5 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122568375The 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 1527736. 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.