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Wamic, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97063. The Survey maps it on the Wamic quadrangle. 123 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,676 feet above sea level.

Wamic within Wasco County

Population over time

3 figures

Wamic grew from 36 to 123 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200036
201085+49 (+136%)
2020123+38 (+45%)

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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Wamic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,250 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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 burning21
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Smoking9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDODSON ROAD
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThe Dalles UnitFRONTAGE ROAD
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDODSON RD.
6 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitSHARON ROAD
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District1084
3 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreThe Dalles UnitHAPPY RIDGE
25 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreThe Dalles UnitBADGER CREEK ROAD
22 September 1997Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitHAPPY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Wamic: 12 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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
Tygh Valley Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tygh Valley Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
JustesenStonePast Producer
Justesen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MagillStonePast Producer
Magill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Metzentine QuarryStonePast Producer
Metzentine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wasco County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wamic in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWamic$5,000Large oak tree blown down in Wamic.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWamic-no account filed
July 2002HailWamic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wasco 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
Pine Hollow1.7 miles15
Tygh Valley5.3 miles14
Sportsmans Park6.8 miles13
Wapinitia7.9 miles13
Friend (historical)8.2 miles14
Kingsley8.6 miles13
Pine Grove9.6 miles13
Maupin10.6 miles14

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 WamicAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2680427The 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 1151871. 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.

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.