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Wemme, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97067. It stands on Lymp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rhododendron quadrangle. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.

Wemme within Clackamas County

On record in Wemme

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 16 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Wemme between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitTRUCKER BARREL
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictHIDE AND SEEK TREE
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCEDAR
5 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRIGHTWOOD LOOP
4 September 2006Natural10 acresMt. Hood National Forest919
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNTAIN LANE FIELD
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCAMP CREEK
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBIRDIE LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Wemme: 25 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Arrah Wanna CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arrah Wanna Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brightwood QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carver Pit and Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carver Pit and Plant #2Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hood-Land Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hood-Land Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Norman StrabeinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Wildwood0.9 miles16
Mount Hood Village0.9 miles16
Zigzag1.2 miles16
Welches1.4 miles16
Mountain Air Park1.5 miles16
Faubion1.7 miles16
Rhododendron3.2 miles16
Brightwood3.3 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 WemmeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473362The 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 1152014. 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.