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The facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer ...
The census-designated place (CDP) Fort Lewis is located within the installation's area. [12] As of the 2000 census , the CDP, which includes the most densely populated part of the base, had a total population of 19,089.
It is a part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. [2] It comprises 327,000 acres (132,332 hectares) of land, most of which consists of shrub-steppe, making it one of the largest areas of shrub-steppe habitat remaining in Washington state.
Every summer, the Army at Joint Base Lewis-McChord sets off prescribed burns. Here’s when and where you might see smoke and fire. ... Training Area 4. 3.5 miles south of Exit 119.
Area • Total. 5.90 sq mi (15.3 km 2) Elevation [1] 246 ft (75 m) ... North Fort Lewis is a census-designated place located in Pierce County, Washington.
It is intended to provide access between Interstate 5 (I-5) and SR 7 by passing through a portion of Joint Base Lewis–McChord, a major U.S. military installation. The designated route comprises a short, 0.6-mile (0.97 km) section near SR 7 in Spanaway. The full 6-mile (9.7 km) highway is estimated to cost $480 million to construct, but ...
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war that originally circulated in 2015 is making the rounds again, amid the Russian war in Ukraine.
UPDATE 5 p.m.: All lanes are open but traffic is still stop and go from state Route 512 to just beyond the scene at JBLM’s main gate (41st Division Drive).