BlockFrom the record
One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Woolrey-Koehler Hop Kiln
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 176th St., E. (Leach Rd.), Orting, 98360
- When was it listed? October 1983
- Category. building
- Census division. Puyallup
- National Register reference number. 83004260 - 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
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Woolrey-Koehler Hop Kiln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 244TH COMMAND |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORTING |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VOIGHT CREEK |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CASCADIA |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 186TH |
| 29 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Woolrey-Koehler Hop Kiln: 12 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmillan | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Tacoma Silver Mine #42 | Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Puyallup Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sumner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thun Field Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orting, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Orting | - | A funnel cloud, which lasted less than a minute, was spotted near Orting. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McMillin Bridge | 2.3 miles | 1982 |
 | McMillin School | 3.0 miles | 1987 |
| Alderton School | 5.0 miles | 1987 | |
 | Charles W. Orton House | 6.2 miles | 1983 |
 | William Bisson House | 6.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Ezra Meeker Mansion | 7.2 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83004260 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.