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Yoder, 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 97013. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yoder quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.

Yoder within Clackamas County

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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Yoder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla Unit213 GRASS
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBARREL
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMER COOP
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDART GRASS
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMolalla UnitROSEWOOD FIRE
16 September 2018Debris and open burning4.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersONA GRASS
9 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitTOLIVER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Yoder: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Marquam Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Perry Bond RanchAluminum, ClayProspect
Perry Bond RanchClayOccurrence
Tyseling QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marquam Limestone DepositStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Tyseling QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast 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
Hamricks Corner0.9 miles15
Rural Dell1.8 miles15
Needy2.6 miles15
Oaklawn2.8 miles15
Elliott Prairie4.0 miles16
Marquam4.5 miles15
Butte Creek (historical)5.1 miles15
Macksburg5.3 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 YoderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475982The 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 1136931. 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.