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Lorella, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Langell Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97623. It lies near Wolf Flat. The Survey maps it on the Lorella quadrangle. It stands 4,190 feet above sea level.

Lorella 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Lorella between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 42 started naturally. None was 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
Natural42
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictBONANZA RURAL ASSIST
28 September 2000Other causesunder an acreKlamath UnitFUNNY BUNNY
28 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictDOG HOLLOW
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictDOG HOLLOW
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLakeview DistrictGOODLOW
27 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHARPOLD 330
12 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestMORTAR
11 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitSMITH RESERVOIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lorella: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bonanza WellGeothermalProducer
Harry MartinGeothermalProducer
Oregon Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Smith's Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Wilkerson's Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence

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
Hot Springs1.7 miles18
Tule Lake (historical)1.9 miles18
Haynesville2.1 miles19
Bonanza8.3 miles18
Langell Valley9.1 miles18
Bedfield (historical)10.2 miles18
Malin11.2 miles18
Yonna13.7 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 LorellaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709051The 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 1123481. 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.