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Wymer, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98926. It lies near McPherson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wymer quadrangle.

Wymer within Kittitas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Wymer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,616 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Fireworks10
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2003Fireworksunder an acreSpokane DistrictBIG PINE 2
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined105 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDURR
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCORPION COULEE
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSpokane DistrictUMTANUM
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictSELAH BUTTE
6 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSpokane DistrictUMTANUM
26 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersI82 TURNAROUND
19 August 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWYMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Wymer: 10 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth, Pumice. 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
East RozaFullers EarthOccurrence
Roza PitPumicePast Producer
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East RozaDiatomitePast Producer
Sec. 17 Deposit BDiatomiteOccurrence
Sec. 24 DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Sec. 25 DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Sec. 26 Deposit BDiatomiteOccurrence
Sec. 31 DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Kittitas 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
Umtanum2.9 miles13
Roza2.9 miles13
Hillside Siding5.8 miles15
Edgemont6.8 miles15
Thrall7.7 miles18
Holmes9.9 miles18
Kittitas11.1 miles15
Regal11.3 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 WymerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q141592138The 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 1511440. 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.