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Modoc Point, Oregon

19 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 sits by Modoc Point. The Survey maps it on the Modoc Point quadrangle. It stands 4,157 feet above sea level.

Modoc Point 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Modoc Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,578 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 11 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
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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/undeterminedunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestROW
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFremont-Winema National ForestHAGELSTEIN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestCLIFFSIDE
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestTRAIN
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestDRY LAKE- DISP# 295
26 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use236 acresFremont-Winema National ForestWEIGHSTATION
20 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestHAGELSTEIN
20 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestTRAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Modoc Point: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Day School SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Day School SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Barkley (historical)5.3 miles19
Algoma7.3 miles18
Chiloquin9.2 miles20
Shady Pine10.0 miles18
Running Y Ranch11.6 miles18
Rocky Point11.7 miles19
Recreation (historical)11.9 miles19
Klamath Agency12.5 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 Modoc PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6889561The 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 1166683. 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.