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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.

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 Klamath, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Klamath, surveyed 1929

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

Population over time

2 figures

Klamath 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.

YearPeople Change
2010779
20201,088+309 (+40%)

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

162 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning14
Natural10
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
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
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDEL PONTE
3 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRedwood National and State ParksMOON
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremony60 acresRedwood National and State ParksREQUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Klamath River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuwar Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waukell Flat BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crothers PropertyGoldProducer
Crothers PropertyGoldOccurrence
Crothers PropertyGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Del Norte County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2008FloodKlamath$7,000Heavy 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 2024Heavy RainKlamath$3,500Slide is covering Klamath beach road, 1 mile south southeast of Klamath, CA.|LAT. 41.51N, LONG. -124.03W.

Every storm 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
Hoppaw0.5 miles16
Camp Klamath1.1 miles16
Rekwoi (historical)1.2 miles16
Waukell Flat (historical)1.3 miles16
Requa2.0 miles16
Khwunrghunme (historical)2.1 miles16
Klamath Glen2.5 miles20
Scaath3.7 miles20

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 KlamathAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2323357The 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.