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.
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.
Columbia River Bridge at Wenatcheelisted 1995 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1913 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | NUMBER TWO CANYON |
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,610 acres | Spokane District | CRYSTAL |
| 3 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 26 August 2003 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STEMILT CREEK |
| 20 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CANYON VIEW |
| 6 July 2014 | Fireworks | 180 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKYLINE |
| 4 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Cannon Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Acanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Lovitt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1885, 1894 | |
| Sampson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Squaw Saddle | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Dry Gulch | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| N.W.L. Brown | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Rooster Comb | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Saddle No. 1 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Saddle No. 2 | Aluminum, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Appleyard | $500,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenatchee | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wenatchee Heights | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| West Wenatchee | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Olds | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyslope | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Malaga | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Monitor | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cashmere | 12.3 miles | 13 |
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.







