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Chase, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Keno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97627. It stands on Spencer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencer Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chase within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Chase (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 561 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 19 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
Natural54
Recreation and ceremony48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking19
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitTHUNDERDOME
9 September 1995Smokingunder an acreKlamath UnitROADSIDE
8 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROAD
8 September 1994Other causesunder an acreKlamath UnitMO LINE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictSLIP
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLOVER CREEK #3
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath UnitNIK
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLOVER CREEK #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath 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 Chase (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. 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
Unnamed PitPumiceProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Cinders PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Quarrylamath Falls 15-Min..Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Keno4.1 miles18
Plevna (historical)4.9 miles18
Clover Station (historical)6.7 miles19
Midland9.8 miles21
Worden9.9 miles18
Fairhaven10.1 miles21
West Klamath (historical)10.2 miles21
Stewart Lenox11.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1162791. 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.