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Fort Klamath, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Chiloquin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97626. It stands on Annie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Klamath quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,180 feet above sea level.

Fort Klamath within Klamath County

On record in Fort Klamath

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fort Klamath between 1992 and 2019, burning about 75 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
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
1 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestMONUMENT
8 August 2017Natural10 acresFremont-Winema National ForestKIMBALL
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestLAST CALL
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitCABIN
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREMLIN
16 August 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSUN 277
14 August 2004Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitMONOPOLY
14 August 2004Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitPARK PLACE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fort Klamath: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Fort KlamathStonePast Producer
Fort Klamath PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Annie Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Annie Creek QuarrySand 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
Klamath Agency6.8 miles20
Kirk9.3 miles20
Crystal (historical)10.0 miles19
Chiloquin11.1 miles20
Rocky Point16.1 miles19
Recreation (historical)16.6 miles19
Modoc Point19.2 miles19
Barkley (historical)24.3 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 Fort KlamathAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474160The 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 1142321. 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.