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Gilchrist, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Crescent Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97737. It lies near Crescent Butte. The Survey maps it on the Crescent quadrangle. 216 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,495 feet above sea level.

Gilchrist within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Gilchrist between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning40
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1

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 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKEMP
6 September 2002Smokingunder an acreGilchrist Fire DepartmentTHEATRE #1
4 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGilchrist Fire DepartmentCHILD'S BOO BOO
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGilchrist Fire DepartmentCAT FIRE
26 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1428
24 September 1993Smokingunder an acreDeschutes National Forestnot named
21 September 2006Smokingunder an acreGilchrist Fire DepartmentCOIDC 972
18 September 2020Naturalunder an acreWalker Ranger Forest Protective Association0917 CR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gilchrist: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. 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
Crescent ButtePumiceProducer
Black RockStonePast Producer
CliffStonePast Producer
Russell SiteStonePast Producer
Black Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crescent ButteStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Russell SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilchrist in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020HailGilchrist-A member of the public reported 1.75 inch hail. It hailed for approximately 15 minutes, with the hail damaging vehicles. Minor street flooding and mudslides in town.

Every storm 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
Crescent1.2 miles16
Crescent Lake13.5 miles17
Odell Lake15.6 miles17
Chemult18.7 miles16
Kirk50.9 miles20
Fort Klamath55.8 miles20
Klamath Agency60.7 miles20
Chiloquin62.8 miles20

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 GilchristAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473979The 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 1142728. 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.

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.