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Langell Valley, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Langell Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97623. The Survey maps it on the Langell Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,147 feet above sea level.

Langell Valley 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Langell Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,386 acres in total. 36 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLakeview District3 MILE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictLOST RIVER
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreLakeview District3-MILE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBALEY
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitLOOKOUT
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLake UnitWARLOW
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLake UnitE. LANGELL
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitTRASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Langell Valley: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Tule Lake (historical)7.5 miles18
Hot Springs7.9 miles18
Haynesville8.8 miles19
Lorella9.1 miles19
Malin9.5 miles18
Bedfield (historical)14.9 miles18
Bonanza16.1 miles18
Malone17.5 miles18

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 Langell ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6485871The 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 1136461. 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.