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 Hoppaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Requa quadrangle. 1,088 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 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:
On record in Klamath
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
Radar Station B-71listed 1978- Redwood Highwaylisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresKlamath grew from 779 to 1,088 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 | 779 | |
| 2020 | 1,088 | +309 (+40%) |
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
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Klamath between 1992 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | DOWD |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | WILSON |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR 2 |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | RIFFLE |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Redwood National and State Parks | LABOR1 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | DEL PONTE |
| 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Klamath: 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Klamath River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuwar Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waukell Flat Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crothers Property | Gold | Producer | ||
| Crothers Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Crothers Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klamath in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2008 | Flood | Klamath | $7,000 | Heavy rain caused debris laden flow to block the culvert of a small stream near Klamath. The resultant flooding closed several roads in the area and inundated one commercial building. |
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Klamath | $3,500 | Slide is covering Klamath beach road, 1 mile south southeast of Klamath, CA.|LAT. 41.51N, LONG. -124.03W. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoppaw | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Klamath | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rekwoi (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Waukell Flat (historical) | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Requa | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Khwunrghunme (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Klamath Glen | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Scaath | 3.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Klamath | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2323357 | 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 277534. 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.









