2011 Map of Frederickson

About this map

Frederickson and Graham anchor this landscape south of Tacoma, which illustrates the transition from rural land use to suburban development in the early 2010s. The area is defined by a dense grid of residential streets such as Canyon Rd E and Sunrise Pkwy E, interspersed with large-scale land uses like the Pierce County Airport-Thun Field and the Hidden Valley Landfill. Aviation history is well-represented here, with the public airfield and the smaller Shady Acres Airport to the west. Natural features including Clover Creek and Muck Creek cross the terrain, often near resource extraction sites like Jones Pit. Recreational and community hubs like Lipoma Firs Golf Course, Moss Field, and Berkeley provide a sense of the local social geography as the region expanded around established crossroads like Thrift and Rocky Ridge.