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One of 68 National Register listings published here for Thurston County · listed in 1995 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chamber's Prairie-Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Chamber's Prairie--Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Jct. of Ruddell and Mullen Rds., NW corner, Lacey, 98503
- When was it listed? June 1995
- Category. site
- Census division. Olympia
- National Register reference number. 95000803 - 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
245 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Chamber's Prairie-Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | I-5 TRAIL SE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SEVEN OAKS |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOLMIE |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVER RIDGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Chamber's Prairie-Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair Lake | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Deschutes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fleetwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gleason Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lacey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O & K Trucking Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spurgeon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Squires Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacey, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Lightning | Lacey | 1 hurt | A 17 year old was struck by lightning while he was working outside. He sustained minor burns, some hearing loss and a headache. The tree next to him was stripped of its bark. |
| September 2002 | Lightning | Lacey | $20,000 | Lightning struck a garage, a DOT building and a tree in the Olympia area. The garage, filled with antiques, was destroyed. The DOT building lost power and the tree was split. |
| January 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Lacey | - | On the ground for less than 2 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Lacey | - | A funnel cloud descended 1/3 way to ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Long Lake Recreation Hall | 1.3 miles | 1988 |
 | Union Mills Superintendent's House | 2.3 miles | 1988 |
 | SAND MAN (Tug Boat) | 3.8 miles | 1998 |
 | F. W. Schmidt House | 3.8 miles | 1995 |
 | Cloverfields | 3.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Trueman and Virginia Schmidt House | 4.2 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000803 in Record Group 79. |
| Thurston County | All 68 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.