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Appleyard, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98801. It stands on Squilchuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee quadrangle.

Appleyard within Chelan County

On record in Appleyard

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Appleyard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,006 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNUMBER TWO CANYON
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,610 acresSpokane DistrictCRYSTAL
3 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
26 August 2003Fireworks1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTEMILT CREEK
20 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use50 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCANYON VIEW
6 July 2014Fireworks180 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKYLINE
4 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Appleyard: 21 past producers, 16 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silica, Silver. 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
(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Cannon MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProducerAcanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
LovittGold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer1885, 1894
Sampson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Squaw SaddleMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Dry GulchPerliteOccurrence
N.W.L. BrownClayProspect
Rooster CombPerliteOccurrence
Squaw Saddle No. 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Squaw Saddle No. 2Aluminum, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Appleyard in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Flash FloodAppleyard$500,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Wenatchee1.8 miles16
Wenatchee Heights2.7 miles15
West Wenatchee4.2 miles16
Olds4.7 miles16
Sunnyslope5.5 miles16
Malaga5.7 miles13
Monitor8.7 miles14
Cashmere12.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1515935. 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.