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Klamath Glen, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Klamath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95548. It stands on McGarvey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Klamath Glen quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Klamath Glen within Del Norte County

Then and now

1922 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 75 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 Glen, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Klamath Glen, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Klamath Glen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 73 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural12
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony8
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
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRIFFLE
30 September 2015Natural2.0 acresRedwood National and State ParksELK
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDEL PONTE
23 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California AgencyREQUA RD HWY 101 S
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSTARWEIN
21 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKLAMATH
20 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitKLAMATH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Klamath Glen: 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 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 PropertyGoldOccurrence
McgarveyGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Del Norte County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klamath Glen in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 3 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Heavy RainKlamath Glen$1,100A slide 7 miles west northwest of Willow Creek, CA.|LAT. 40.92N, LONG. -123.80W.
January 2019Heavy RainKlamath Glen-Forty-Eight hour storm total rainfall from mesonet station HONC1.
September 2019Heavy RainKlamath Glen-Sixteen buildings at Humbolt State University suffered minor damage due to heavy rain.
April 2018Flash FloodKlamath Glen-Rock and mudslides reported by law enforcement. Estimated storm total rainfall was 4 inches.

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
Waukell Flat (historical)1.3 miles16
Scaath1.3 miles20
Hoppaw2.1 miles16
Klamath2.5 miles16
Camp Klamath3.5 miles16
Rekwoi (historical)3.6 miles16
Requa4.5 miles16
Khwunrghunme (historical)4.7 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.

Wikipedia article on Klamath GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6419642The 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 1658913. 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.