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Marmot, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97055. It stands on Sievers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brightwood quadrangle. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.

Marmot within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Marmot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictHIDE AND SEEK TREE
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitHWY 26 FIRE
5 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRIGHTWOOD LOOP
29 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitOLD MAN FIRE
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNTAIN LANE FIELD
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitSHORTY GRASS FIRE
23 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitTROUT FARM PILE #1
22 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictPOWRLINE14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Marmot: 27 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brightwood QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brightwood PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest ServiceStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 002Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 003Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 006Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 010Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 011Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 012Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 013Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alder Creek1.5 miles18
Cherryville2.9 miles18
Brightwood5.4 miles18
Firwood5.9 miles19
Aims6.2 miles19
Bull Run6.6 miles19
Mountain Air Park7.1 miles16
Dover7.5 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MarmotAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6772185The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1145822. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.