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Hager, Oregon

19 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. The Survey maps it on the Altamont quadrangle. It stands 4,173 feet above sea level.

Hager within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Hager between 1992 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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
Natural15
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism71 acresKlamath UnitHOGBACK
28 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitSINGLE TREE
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH POE 299
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHIP 510
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictQUARRY
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitMUTUAL AID FD ONE
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitWHITELINE NORTH
6 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitHILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Hager: 22 past producers, 11 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, 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
Klamath HillsMercury, Silver, GoldProspect
Asphalt Paving Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Klamath Falls Geothermal ZoneGeothermalProducer
Klamath Ice Co. WellGeothermalProducer
Olene Gap Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Roenicke Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Pine Grove1.7 miles19
Altamont2.2 miles19
Henley2.7 miles19
Olene3.9 miles19
Falcon Heights4.8 miles21
Klamath Falls4.9 miles21
Merganser (historical)5.4 miles21
Stewart Lenox5.8 miles21

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 HagerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28451173The 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 1136350. 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.