Ale, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Stayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97325. The Survey maps it on the Stayton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ale within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1925 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1941 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ale (historical) between 2003 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
11 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Santiam Unit	MP 15
3 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	MILEPOST 15 FIRE
29 August 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Santiam Unit	SPENNER ROAD
27 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	FERN RIDGE FIELD
29 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Santiam Unit	FERN RIDGE #2
17 July 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Santiam Unit	STAYTON CANAL
16 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santiam Unit	HWY 22 MP 15
16 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santiam Unit	HWY 22 MP 13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ale (historical): 12 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Copper Occurrence	Copper	Occurrence
Iron Occurrence	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence
Sublimity Weathered Gravel	Clay	Occurrence
Brock Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Phillips Site	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Stayton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Brock	Stone	Past Producer
Hagel Rock	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Stayton	0.8 miles	16
Young	2.6 miles	16
Stayton	3.2 miles	16
Aumsville	3.7 miles	16
Sublimity	4.2 miles	16
Marion	5.5 miles	20
Shaw	5.9 miles	16
Turner	6.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130392. 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.