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Wimer, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Northwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97537. It lies near Greens Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wimer quadrangle. 690 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.

Wimer within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Wimer grew from 678 to 690 between 2010 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
2010678
2020690+12 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Wimer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,452 acres in total. 61 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
Natural61
Equipment and vehicle use44
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Other causes13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks5
Firearms and explosives use2

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 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSYPHER GULCH 2
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSYPHER GULCH
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictSYKES CREEK
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAST EVANS
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitWILCOX PEAK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitWEST EVANS CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictEAST EVANS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRY GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Wimer: 37 past producers, 18 occurrences, 11 producers, 8 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, 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
Blossom MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, DiatomitePast Producer
Blue EagleGold, TinOccurrence
Chromite OccurrenceChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Corporal G MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Erickson ProspectSilver, Gold, ManganeseProspect1958
Gold PlateSilver, GoldProducerGold, Pyrite
Lone Eagle MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Lone Eagle ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Lucky Bart GroupGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Quartz-Serpentine PitQuartz, AsbestosPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wimer in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 flood. 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWimer$70,000Strong thunderstorm winds, estimated at 80 mph near Wimer, blew down numerous trees. Cars and buildings were reportedly damaged by falling trees and large tree limbs.
February 2015FloodWimer-ODOT reported that a portion of OR 66 from milepost 1 to 14 was closed by floodwaters and mudslides on Friday afternoon. Downed trees blocked other roads in the area. Tyler Creek road, Wagner Creek road, Savage Creek road, and several BLM roads were washed out or covered by mudslides.
July 1999WildfireWimer-The Medford Mail Tribune reported at least five dry lightning ignited fires in Jackson County.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Starvation Heights3.8 miles16
Rogue River7.2 miles16
Dardanelles9.0 miles16
Gold Hill9.0 miles16
Foots Creek9.3 miles16
Sams Valley9.8 miles23
Spikenard (historical)11.5 miles19
Beagle11.9 miles19

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 WimerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8023548The 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 1129208. 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.