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North Nemah, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98586. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Nemah quadrangle.

North Nemah within Pacific County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of North Nemah between 1998 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters1
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2015Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLAPA
27 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNEMAH
8 November 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNEMAH 510
21 October 1998Debris and open burning10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Nemah: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Naselle River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Londalen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Pit AndsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willapa HarborSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pacific 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
Nemah1.2 miles15
Nemah Junction1.3 miles15
Middle Nemah2.4 miles15
Bay Center Junction6.6 miles15
Seaport (historical)7.4 miles15
Rhodesia Beach8.5 miles15
Oysterville9.0 miles11
Nahcotta9.1 miles10

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 Q122543582The 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 1511190. 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.