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Chemult, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Crescent Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97731. The Survey maps it on the Chemult quadrangle. 79 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,764 feet above sea level.

Chemult within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Chemult between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 2 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
Natural48
Smoking27
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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
30 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestRIM
30 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestCORRAL
3 September 1994Other causesunder an acreKlamath UnitSHOWER
29 September 1998Smokingunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1435
29 September 1997Smokingunder an acreKlamath UnitREST AREA
29 September 1997Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestGRIMMET
28 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestCORRAL SPRINGS
28 September 1993Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chemult: 10 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Spring Creek HillStonePast Producer
Spring Creek HillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WalkerStonePast Producer
Walker PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mignot SitePumicePast Producer
Mignot SitePumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chemult in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2013HailChemult-A member of the public reported 1 inch hail at the Miller Lake Campground which caused tents to collapse at 31/1645 PST.
June 2007HailChemult-Holiday Village and Motel in Beaver Marsh 7 miles south of Chemult reported nickel size hailwith a thunderstorm.
June 2002LightningChemult-Chemult Ranger Station reported 0.5" hail, 0.50" rain, strong winds, and lots of lightning with thunderstorm that occurred on 08/13.

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
Crescent17.6 miles16
Gilchrist18.7 miles16
Crescent Lake21.7 miles17
Odell Lake24.9 miles17
Kirk32.5 miles20
Fort Klamath37.1 miles20
Klamath Agency42.1 miles20
Chiloquin44.3 miles20

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 ChemultAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q859911The 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 1166627. 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.