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Christmas Valley, Oregon

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Silver Lake-Fort Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97641. The Survey maps it on the Christmas Valley quadrangle.

Christmas Valley within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Christmas Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictCHRISTMAS VALLEY ASSIST 4
19 September 2008Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictCHRISTMAS VALLEY
18 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use45 acresLakeview DistrictHOUSE
16 September 1995Natural300 acresLakeview DistrictSPRAGUE
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLakeview District6SE GREEN
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictFMP16
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictBLACK HILL
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictGERKIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Christmas Valley: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Geothermal. 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
Unnamed Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Christmas Valley Pit and PlantDiatomiteProducer
Claim Group BDiatomiteOccurrence
Oil-Dry Production Co.DiatomitePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pettus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pettus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Summer Lake19.6 miles12
Silver Lake22.9 miles9
Fort Rock23.6 miles8
Paisley37.7 miles12
Chewaucan (historical)40.2 miles12
Valley Falls55.2 miles11
Blaisdell60.2 miles12
Quartz Mountain63.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136149. 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.