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Crystal, 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 97601. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crystal 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Crystal (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,767 acres in total. 40 started naturally. None 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
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFremont-Winema National Forestnot named
25 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestNANNIE
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestNANNIE
16 September 1992Smokingunder an acreFremont-Winema National Forestnot named
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestPEL
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestPELICAN
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestFRANCIS
3 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestLONG WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Crystal (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Whitlatch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
WhitlatchStonePast Producer
BrownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Rocky Point6.6 miles19
Recreation (historical)7.0 miles19
Klamath Agency8.3 miles20
Fort Klamath10.0 miles20
Chiloquin11.4 miles20
Modoc Point14.5 miles19
Lake of the Woods15.3 miles19
Kirk17.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1154816. 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.