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Crescent Lake, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crescent Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97733. It stands on Cold Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Odell Lake quadrangle.

Crescent Lake within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 8 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
Natural61
Recreation and ceremony54
Smoking36
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Smokingunder an acreDeschutes National Forest0575 CR
9 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1506
8 September 2007Smokingunder an acreDeschutes National Forest0883
6 September 2004Smokingunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1156
6 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1587
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1135 CR
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1035
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1038

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crescent Lake: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Crescent JunctionPumicePast Producer
Crescent JunctionPumiceUnknown
Redtop MtnPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent Lake in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2013HailCrescent Lake-A member of the public at Crescent Lake Resort reported quarter sized (1.0 inch) hail with a thunderstorm.
July 2006HailCrescent Lake-Reported by a member of the public 2 miles south of Crescent Lake.
July 1997HailCrescent Lake-REPORTED BY SPOTTER TRAVELLING ON HWY 58.
August 1997Flash FloodCrescent Lake-HWY PATROL REORTED FAST FLOWING WATER ALONG HWY 58 AND SOME DEBRIS WATCHED ONTO THE HWY

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
Odell Lake3.2 miles17
Crescent13.1 miles16
Gilchrist13.5 miles16
Chemult21.7 miles16
Kirk52.8 miles20
Fort Klamath55.6 miles20
Klamath Agency61.5 miles20
Chiloquin64.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805445. 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.