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One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1974 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Nisqually Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. NW of Dupont off I-5, Dupont, 98327
- When was it listed? October 1974
- Category. site
- Census division. Fort Lewis-DuPont
- National Register reference number. 74001971 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Fort Nisqually Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NISQUALLY HILL |
| 3 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MERIDIAN |
| 29 August 2002 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fort Nisqually Site: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisqually Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nisqually Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DuPont Village Historic District | 1.8 miles | 1987 |
 | Red Shield Inn | 3.0 miles | 1979 |
 | Anderson Island School | 4.0 miles | 1987 |
| Adjutant General's Residence | 4.8 miles | 1991 | |
| American Lake Veterans Hospital | 5.0 miles | 2009 | |
 | Steilacoom Historic District | 5.2 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001971 in Record Group 79. |
| Pierce County | All 215 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.