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Klamath Agency, 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 97624. It stands on Agency Creek. The Survey maps it on the Agency Lake quadrangle. It stands 4,180 feet above sea level.

Klamath Agency within Klamath County

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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Klamath Agency between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,214 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 9 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14,473 acresFremont-Winema National ForestTWO FOUR TWO
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath Marsh National Wildlife RefugeSCOTT
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKlamath UnitBOW
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitPINE JUNCTION
3 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFremont-Winema National Forestnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreKlamath UnitGUMP
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitCOACHMAN
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestF

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 Klamath Agency: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, 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
Lone Pine Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Lone Pine Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chiloquin DiatiomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
Chiloquin Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Spring Creek GroupDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Chiloquin4.6 miles20
Fort Klamath6.8 miles20
Crystal (historical)8.3 miles19
Kirk10.5 miles20
Rocky Point12.4 miles19
Modoc Point12.5 miles19
Recreation (historical)12.9 miles19
Barkley (historical)17.6 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 Klamath AgencyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6419625The 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 1144657. 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.