Crescent, 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 97733. It stands on Crescent Butte. The Survey maps it on the Crescent quadrangle. 412 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,455 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1935 USGS Chemult quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Chemult quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Chemult quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KEMP |
| 6 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Gilchrist Fire Department | THEATRE #1 |
| 4 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Gilchrist Fire Department | CHILD'S BOO BOO |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gilchrist Fire Department | CAT FIRE |
| 26 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1428 |
| 24 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Gilchrist Fire Department | COIDC 972 |
| 18 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Walker Ranger Forest Protective Association | 0917 CR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Crescent: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Butte | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Black Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cliff | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cliff Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crescent Butte | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2005: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Hail | Crescent | $1,000 | Spotter KL73 reported .5 to .75 inch hail from a thunderstorm...but not too heavy where he was. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Crescent | - | The Crescent Ranger District reported large marble size hail between 1730 and 1800 PDT |
| July 1997 | Hail | Crescent | - | REPORTED BY FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilchrist | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Crescent Lake | 13.1 miles | 17 | |
| Odell Lake | 15.5 miles | 17 | |
| Chemult | 17.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kirk | 49.8 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Klamath | 54.7 miles | 20 | |
| Klamath Agency | 59.6 miles | 20 | |
| Chiloquin | 61.7 miles | 20 |
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 Crescent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184314 | 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 1140426. 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.









