BlockFalse 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 stands on False Klamath Rock. The Survey maps it on the Requa quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1929 to 1997The 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.
Compare 1929 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1929 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Requa quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Requa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Requa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of False Klamath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | WILSON |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | FALSE |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LAGOON CREEK |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LAGOON CREEK #2 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR 2 |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR1 |
| 3 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | MOON |
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Redwood National and State Parks | REQUA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of False Klamath: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requa | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Khwunrghunme (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rekwoi (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Klamath | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Klamath | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hoppaw | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Waukell Flat (historical) | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Klamath Glen | 7.7 miles | 20 |
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 Q5432651 | 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 254349. 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.