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Beatty, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Chiloquin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97621. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beatty quadrangle. 60 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,354 feet above sea level.

Beatty within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Beatty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 54 started naturally. None was 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
Natural54
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMAYBERRY 636
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreLake UnitNOTHING
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake UnitCHUCKY(685)
3 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRUBBLE 612
29 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreLake UnitSYCAN SIDING
24 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMEDICINE 326
19 September 2008Naturalunder an acreLake UnitSYCAN ROAD (DIS 384)
18 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake UnitSYCAN II #338

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Beatty: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Geothermal, Mercury, 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
BeattyStonePast Producer
Beatty PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CaseyGeothermalProducer
GivanGeothermalProducer
Givan RanchMercuryOccurrence
Givan Ranch ProspectMercuryOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Sprague River DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
Sprague River DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beatty in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 hail. 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
April 2023FloodBeatty-Snowmelt caused the Sprague River near Beatty to exceed flood stage of 8.5 feet. The event began in April, on 04/29/23 at 2200 PST, and continued through 04/30/23 at 2359 PST. A peak for the month of 8.6 feet was reached on 04/30/23 at 0615 PST.
May 2023FloodBeatty-Snowmelt caused the Sprague River near Beatty to exceed flood stage of 8.5 feet. The event began in April, on 04/29/23 at 2200 PST, and continued until 05/03/23 at 0000 PST. A peak of 8.9 feet was reached on 05/01/23 at 1800 PST.
June 2009HailBeatty-A member of the public reported 1 inch hail with a thunderstorm. 0.88 inch hail was also reported at 1600 PDT 10 NM SW of Beatty with two inches of hail on the ground.

Every storm recorded in Klamath 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
Sprague River12.4 miles20
Bly12.5 miles19
Hildebrand14.9 miles20
Yonna15.9 miles20
Bonanza18.2 miles18
Dairy19.5 miles18
Lorella21.0 miles19
Haynesville21.2 miles19

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 BeattyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459611The 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 1137794. 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.