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Apiary, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97048. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Delena quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Apiary within Columbia 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Apiary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLARK ROAD #1
7 September 1998Other causesunder an acreColumbia City UnitANLIKER ROAD #1
4 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitPELLHAM HILL RD.
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia City UnitMUDGE LOOP #1
21 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI ROAD #1
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitBEAVER SPR./HUTCHINSON
18 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREGORY RD. #1
18 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia City UnitANLIKER ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Apiary: 14 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite Kalama-RainerAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite OccurrenceAluminumOccurrence
Bernards ExcavatingStonePast Producer
Bernards ExcavatingStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
C ZimmermannStonePast Producer
C. ZimmermannStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
I JonesStonePast Producer
I JonesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Kyser (historical)4.4 miles15
Beaver Springs4.9 miles12
Hudson (historical)5.4 miles15
Beaver Homes5.5 miles12
Alston6.0 miles15
Delena6.3 miles15
Rainier7.2 miles12
Lindbergh7.8 miles12

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 ApiaryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474164The 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 1117016. 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.