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Falcon Heights, 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 97603. It lies near Miller Hill. The Survey maps it on the Klamath Falls quadrangle. 680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,409 feet above sea level.

Falcon Heights 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Falcon Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,361 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2005Debris and open burning662 acresLower Klamath National Wildlife RefugeKLAMATH HILLS
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictQUARRY
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitWHITELINE NORTH
6 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitHILL
26 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitFRIDAY
26 August 1996Natural1,006 acresLakeview DistrictLOWER LK 2
31 July 2011Natural44 acresLakeview DistrictHILLS
3 July 2009Natural12 acresLakeview DistrictCAPTAIN JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Falcon Heights: 10 producers, 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Geothermal. 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
Klamath HillsMercury, Silver, GoldProspect
Hardboard SpringGeothermalProducer
HolidayGeothermalProducer
Klamath HillsGeothermalOccurrence
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Stukel MountainStonePast Producer
Stukel MountainStonePast Producer
Klamath Falls Mill StStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stukel MountainStone, 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
Henley3.2 miles19
Midland3.4 miles21
Merganser (historical)3.6 miles21
West Klamath (historical)4.0 miles21
Stewart Lenox4.7 miles21
Fairhaven4.7 miles21
Hager4.8 miles19
Altamont4.9 miles19

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 Falcon HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912602The 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 1161658. 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.