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Keno, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Keno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97627. The Survey maps it on the Keno quadrangle. 1,980 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,108 feet above sea level.

Keno within Klamath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Keno between 1992 and 2020, burning about 554 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 13 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony21
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitTHUNDERDOME
9 September 1995Smokingunder an acreKlamath UnitROADSIDE
8 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROAD
8 September 1994Other causesunder an acreKlamath UnitMO LINE
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLOVER CREEK #3
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLOVER CREEK #1
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLOVER CREEK #2
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitSPORTSMANS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Keno: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice, 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
ColwellGeothermalProducer
Lowlands PitPumiceProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Lowland PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Quarrylamath Falls 15-Min..Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keno in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKeno-On 06/30/2025, an area of low pressure along the northern California coast produced numerous thunderstorms in south central Oregon and northern California. Downdraft winds associated with one thunderstorm 5 miles north of Keno in Klamath County broke off several 1 inch diameter limbs from a healthy tree. Also, 1.63 inches of rain were measured from the storm.
August 2013HailKeno-A spotter 1 SSW Keno reported quarter size hail with accumulations up to 3 inches deep.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Keno-Photographic evidence was analyzed after the fact, and it was determined that cold air funnels were in the image.
May 2005HailKeno-A spotter N of Keno reported 1.0 inch hail with a thunderstorm.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKeno-See below.

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
Plevna (historical)1.1 miles18
Chase (historical)4.1 miles19
Midland5.8 miles21
Worden6.5 miles18
West Klamath (historical)6.7 miles21
Fairhaven6.9 miles21
Merganser (historical)7.7 miles21
Stewart Lenox7.8 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 KenoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474645The 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 1122689. 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.