Merrill, 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. 821 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,071 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMerrill fell from 897 to 821 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 897 | |
| 2020 | 821 | -76 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Merrill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 434 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 burning | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Klamath Unit | CANAL |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Klamath Unit | TAYLOR |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.1 acres | Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | SHEEPY |
| 4 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.2 acres | Klamath Unit | DODDS |
| 16 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | HAWK |
| 7 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Klamath Unit | STUKEL |
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MERRILL |
| 30 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | INCINERATOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Merrill: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Merrill Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Merrill Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merrill in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Merrill | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| White Lake City (historical) | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bedfield (historical) | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Henley | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Malin | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Olene | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Falcon Heights | 11.3 miles | 21 | |
| Pine Grove | 11.4 miles | 19 |
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 Merrill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2208399 | The 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 1124069. 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.






