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Malone, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Merrill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97633. The Survey maps it on the Merrill quadrangle. It stands 4,068 feet above sea level.

Malone 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Malone between 1992 and 2017, burning about 395 acres in total. 10 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
Debris and open burning16
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1
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 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKlamath UnitCANAL
7 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKlamath UnitTAYLOR
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.1 acresLower Klamath National Wildlife RefugeSHEEPY
4 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.2 acresKlamath UnitDODDS
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestHAWK
30 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestINCINERATOR
3 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPIT
28 August 2011Debris and open burning12 acresKlamath UnitPAYGR II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Malone: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Merrill PitPumiceProducer
Unnamed PitPumiceProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cinder PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Merrill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Merrill2.2 miles18
White Lake City (historical)4.7 miles18
Malin8.0 miles18
Bedfield (historical)9.0 miles18
Olene11.2 miles19
Henley11.8 miles19
Pine Grove12.7 miles19
Falcon Heights13.2 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 MaloneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6744494The 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 1136510. 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.