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Klamath River, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96050. It lies near Quigleys Cove. The Survey maps it on the McKinley Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,742 feet above sea level.

Klamath River within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 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 River, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Klamath River, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Klamath River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,788 acres in total. 106 started naturally. 3 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
Natural106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestDOGGETT
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
28 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.8 acresKlamath National ForestDOGGETT
27 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKlamath National ForestPOWERLINE
24 September 1998Smokingunder an acreKlamath National ForestEASY
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestGOOD ENOUGH
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestMCKINNEY #2
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestFRUIT#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 104 workings within 5 miles of Klamath River: 49 unknowns, 32 past producers, 19 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
Barton and LangeMercuryUnknown
Quigley QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Reported LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Reported OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Bonanza GroupCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
BunnellCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
NormaGold, CopperPast Producer
TebboCopperOccurrenceVein
TebboCopperUnknown
UnexpectedCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klamath River in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2022Flash FloodKlamath River1 hurtThunderstorms with very heavy rain moved through an area near the McKinney wildfire in the evening. Rainfall was estimated to be between 1 and 3 inches in an hour. This created a debris flow down Humbug Creek, on the eastern edge of the fire. Four vehicles were reported swept off a culvert over Humbug Creek, and videos showed the swiftly rising water in the area. One person had to be rescued from a partially submerged vehicle. He sustained injuries, but survived.
August 2023Heavy RainKlamath River-Thunderstorms with very heavy rain moved through an area near the McKinney wildfire in the late afternoon and evening, around 230 PM to 8 PM PST. Rainfall was estimated to be at a rate of up to 1 inch per hour, with 1 to 3 inches total. This created 2 mud slides that closed portions of Highway 96. The first was reported 2 miles east of the community of Klamath River at 327 PM PST, and the second 2 miles southwest of Klamath River at 635 PM PST.
August 2016HailKlamath River-Hail 1.0 inches in diameter was reported at Quigley's General Store near Klamath River.
July 2004Flash FloodKlamath River-WSR-88D recorded precipitation rates of 3-5 inches/hour over the warning area. This value was likely polluted by hail, but it was thought that the precipitation rates were still signficant. The storm was slow moving and remained over the Beaver Creek basin for a long time.

Every storm recorded in Siskiyou 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
Walker2.0 miles28
Gottsville4.5 miles27
Swiss Bar5.9 miles27
Oakbar6.2 miles28
Cinnabar Springs (historical)7.6 miles28
Horse Creek9.4 miles28
Hooperville (historical)12.3 miles30
Scott Bar12.6 miles18

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 RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6419648The 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 1682307. 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.