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Camp Klamath, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Klamath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95548. It lies near Safford Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Requa quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Camp Klamath within Del Norte County

Then and now

1929 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Klamath, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Camp Klamath, surveyed 1929

Compare 1929 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Camp Klamath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 32 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Recreation and ceremony43
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use27
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning14
Natural11
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDOWD
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksWILSON
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksFALSE
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLAGOON CREEK
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLAGOON CREEK #2
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLABOR 2
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRIFFLE
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksLABOR1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Camp Klamath: 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone. 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
Crothers PropertyGoldOccurrence
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Klamath River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuwar Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waukell Flat BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Rekwoi (historical)0.1 miles16
Requa1.0 miles16
Klamath1.1 miles16
Khwunrghunme (historical)1.5 miles16
Hoppaw1.5 miles16
Waukell Flat (historical)2.3 miles16
Klamath Glen3.5 miles20
False Klamath4.3 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q5027312The 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 1657315. 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.