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South Cle Elum: Historic Resources of the Milwaukee Road in Washington, 1909-1945 MPS 5: Cle Elum-Roslyn Beneficial Association Hospital: Cle Elum-Roslyn Beneficial Association Hospital: December 3, 1980 : 505 Power Street
Cle Elum (/ k l i ˈ ɛ l əm / klee EL-əm) is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,157 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] About 84 miles (135 km) by car from Seattle , Cle Elum is a popular area for camping and outdoor activities.
Cle Elum Lake with Cle Elum Dam in the foreground. The lake is used as a storage reservoir for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Although a natural lake, Cle Elum Lake's capacity and discharge is controlled by Cle Elum Dam, a 165-foot (50 m) high earthfill structure built in 1933. As a ...
Orchard Water Company ... Cle Elum Dam 165 ft (50 m) [178] 0 [179] ... OR/WA) to mouth (Columbia River, OR) Name Height Capacity ...
Lumber extraction was an important county activity from its early days, mostly in the west end. Logging camps were established near the county's three largest lakes (Cle Elum, Kachess, Keechelus). Mining for coal and minerals was established by the mid-1880s. [5] The southeastern corner of the county is part of the U.S. Army's Yakima Training ...
Port Orchard † Code city: Kitsap: 15,587 11,157 +39.7%: 9.64 25.0 ... South Cle Elum: Town Kittitas: 559 532 +5.1%: 0.40 1.0 1,397.5/sq mi (539.6/km 2) 1911 South ...
Since 2005, the Yakama Nation has been conducting a coho salmon and sockeye salmon reintroduction program primarily to improve the health of the ecosystem for salmon above the Cle Elum dam. Approximately 2000 adults were released into Cle Elum Reservoir and approximately 500 adults into Cooper lake, captured from Priest Rapids Reservoir. [7]
The Cle Elum River is a tributary of the Yakima River, approximately 28 miles (45 km) long in the U.S. state of Washington. A Northern Pacific Railway station at the future site of the city of Cle Elum, Washington was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tie-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", referring to the Cle Elum River. In 1908, Clealum was ...