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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Badger Pocket quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wymer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Spokane District | BIG PINE 2 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DURR |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SCORPION COULEE |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane District | UMTANUM |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | SELAH BUTTE |
| 6 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane District | UMTANUM |
| 26 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | I82 TURNAROUND |
| 19 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WYMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Roza | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Roza Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Roza | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Sec. 17 Deposit B | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 24 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 25 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 26 Deposit B | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 31 Deposit | Diatomite | 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.
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 Wymer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q141592138 | 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 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.







