Yoman, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Key Peninsula-Anderson Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98303. It lies near Eagle Island. The Survey maps it on the McNeil Island quadrangle.

Yoman within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1940 USGS Anderson Island quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Anderson Island quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Anderson Island quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Anderson Island quadrangle1:62500
1959 USGS Mc Neil Island quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Mc Neil Island quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Yoman between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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
Natural	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 August 2002	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
10 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.8 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	KETRON ISLAND
28 July 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
28 June 1992	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
26 October 2000	Recreation and ceremony	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 Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yoman: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Anderson Island	Diatomite	Occurrence
	Mcneil Island Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Johnson Landing	0.9 miles	16
Bee	1.6 miles	16
Meridian	1.7 miles	16
Gertrude	2.8 miles	16
Longbranch	3.1 miles	15
Lake Bay	4.8 miles	14
Ketron	5.2 miles	16
Eastward	5.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510420. 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.