Kyser, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clatskanie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on North Fork Clatskanie River. The Survey maps it on the Delena quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kyser 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.

1919 USGS Mayger quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Clatskanie quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Clatskanie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Delena quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Kyser (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 5 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 burning	35
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Smoking	6
Natural	5
Fireworks	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Other causes	2
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
7 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY 30 ALSTON MAYGER
5 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	OLD RAINIER ROAD #2
4 September 1992	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	PELLHAM HILL RD.
27 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	BEAVER FALLS RD #2
23 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	LINDBERG RD.#1CLATS AREA
11 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	BLUNK DRIVE #1
10 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	GROULX #1
10 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	APIARY RD. #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Kyser (historical): 23 past producers, 11 producers, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Bauxite Kalama-Rainer	Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite Occurrence	Aluminum	Occurrence
Paul Zimmerly Road Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Paul Zimmerly Road Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Bernards Excavating	Stone	Past Producer
C Zimmermann	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia County	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Delena	2.2 miles	15
Alston	2.8 miles	15
Hudson (historical)	3.6 miles	15
Apiary	4.4 miles	15
Inglis	6.2 miles	15
Clatskanie Heights	6.8 miles	15
Mayger	6.9 miles	15
Quincy	6.9 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132328. 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.