BlockMiddle Nemah, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98586. It stands on Middle Nemah River. The Survey maps it on the Long Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1938 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Middle Nemah between 1992 and 2019, burning about 34 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | 10 acres | Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex | SAWLOG SLOUGH |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 1 |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAWLOG SLOUGH |
| 27 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NEMAH |
| 23 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex | BORDER |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MM24-25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Middle Nemah: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetlo Harbor | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Naselle River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Londalen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit Ands | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willapa Harbor | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nemah | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| North Nemah | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Nemah Junction | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nahcotta | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bay Center Junction | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Klipsan Meadows Park | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Seaport (historical) | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ocean Park | 8.7 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595560 | The 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 1511148. 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.