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Marquam, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Yoder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97362. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Mills quadrangle. It stands 302 feet above sea level.

Marquam within Clackamas County

On record in Marquam

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Marquam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELECTRIC FIRE
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitDAVIS CREEK
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution532 acresMolalla UnitWHILHOIT RD.
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMolalla UnitNOWLENS BRIDGE FIRE
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla Unit213 GRASS
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam Unit213 GRASS
6 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSantiam UnitSILVER FALLS HWY
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMER COOP

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 Marquam: 22 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Floyd Grahm Consr CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beaver CreekLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Marquam Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Asboe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Davis Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jorgenson ConstStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotts Mills PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tyseling QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Butte Creek (historical)0.8 miles15
Oaklawn3.9 miles15
Yoder4.5 miles15
Hamricks Corner5.4 miles15
Rural Dell5.6 miles15
Elliott Prairie5.7 miles16
Wilhoit6.5 miles16
Needy6.9 miles15

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 MarquamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1354355The 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 1136517. 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.