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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Beatty quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Beatty quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Beatty quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MAYBERRY 636 |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | NOTHING |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Unit | CHUCKY(685) |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RUBBLE 612 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lake Unit | SYCAN SIDING |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MEDICINE 326 |
| 19 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | SYCAN ROAD (DIS 384) |
| 18 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Unit | SYCAN II #338 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Beatty Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Casey | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Givan | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Givan Ranch | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Givan Ranch Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sprague River Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sprague River Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Beatty | - | 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 2023 | Flood | Beatty | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Beatty | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprague River | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Bly | 12.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hildebrand | 14.9 miles | 20 | |
| Yonna | 15.9 miles | 20 | |
| Bonanza | 18.2 miles | 18 | |
| Dairy | 19.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lorella | 21.0 miles | 19 | |
| Haynesville | 21.2 miles | 19 |
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 Beatty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459611 | 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 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.







