Sublimity, 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 97385. The Survey maps it on the Stayton quadrangle. 2,967 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
On record in Sublimity
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Population over time
2 figuresSublimity grew from 2,681 to 2,967 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,681 | |
| 2020 | 2,967 | +286 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 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
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Sublimity between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIR GROVE FRIE |
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | BOOS POND |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Santiam Unit | MOLL FIRE |
| 5 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Santiam Unit | BLADE FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Santiam Unit | WALDO HILLS & VICTOR PT. |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERN RIDGE |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | MEHAMA FIR |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | SPENNER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Sublimity: 16 occurrences, 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hagel Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Stayton Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Santiam Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Santiam Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublimity in 2 storm reports in 2020: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Hail | Sublimity | - | Hail up to the size of pennies accumulated up to 2 inches deep on the ground. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Sublimity | - | Lots of rain fall from the public. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stayton | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Young | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Aumsville | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ale (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| West Stayton | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Clymer (historical) | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shaw | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Macleay | 7.3 miles | 18 |
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 Sublimity | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2019228 | 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 1127684. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











