Diamond Lake, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97731. It stands on Two Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Lake quadrangle. It stands 5,292 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Diamond Lake quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Diamond Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Diamond Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Diamond Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Diamond Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,003 acres in total. 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 89 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Natural | 9,975 acres | Umpqua National Forest | THIELSEN |
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | THIELSEN |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | TICKET |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | CORRAL |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | CINNAMON BUTTE |
| 30 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | LAKE |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | DAILY |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | CONNECTOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond Lake in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Hail | Diamond Lake | - | Hail with a diameter of 1.0 inches was reported at 350 Resort Drive at Diamond Lake. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Diamond Lake | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Diamond Lake Resort. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Diamond Lake | - | A park/forest ranger 10 miles southwest of Diamond Lake reported 3/4 inch hail with 2 inches of hail on the ground. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Diamond Lake | - | WSR-88D estimated a storm total precipitation maximum of 4.1 inches over Mt. Bailey...5 NM west of Diamond Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 16.1 miles | 14 | |
| Toketee Falls | 17.8 miles | 14 | |
| Steamboat | 33.7 miles | 12 | |
| North Umpqua Village | 43.9 miles | 11 | |
| Drew | 45.2 miles | 21 | |
| Tiller | 46.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hoaglin (historical) | 47.3 miles | 17 | |
| Peel | 47.7 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q114051794 | 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 1141001. 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.
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.






