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Fairhaven, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Klamath Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97601. The Survey maps it on the Klamath Falls quadrangle. It stands 4,206 feet above sea level.

Fairhaven within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Fairhaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 16 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
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Fireworks2

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 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCART 507
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKlamath UnitLINDLEY
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitLIMPER
7 September 2006Fireworksunder an acreKlamath Unit1 MILE
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitEARLY BIRD
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitKENNEL
27 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath UnitM&M
24 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitBEAGLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Fairhaven: 23 past producers, 14 producers, 1 occurrence. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Green Springs HwyDiatomitePast Producer
BrickyardClayPast Producer
Klamath Falls BrickyardClayProducer
Asphalt Paving Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Balsam Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ColwellGeothermalProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hardboard SpringGeothermalProducer
HolidayGeothermalProducer
Holiday RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
West Klamath (historical)0.8 miles21
Stewart Lenox0.9 miles21
Merganser (historical)1.3 miles21
Klamath Falls3.6 miles21
Midland3.6 miles21
Falcon Heights4.7 miles21
Altamont4.8 miles19
Pelican City5.0 miles18

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 Q124214837The 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 1135527. 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.