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Olene, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Klamath Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97603. The Survey maps it on the Altamont quadrangle. It stands 4,153 feet above sea level.

Olene 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Olene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 618 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 5 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitRADE
28 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitSINGLE TREE
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH POE 299
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLORENZ 308
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHIP 510
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLakeview DistrictQUARRY
6 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitHILL
5 August 2020Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSCALES 274

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Olene: 9 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Klamath HillsMercury, Silver, GoldProspect
Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stukel MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stukel MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Crystal SpringGeothermalOccurrence
High Bros. Warm SpringGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olene in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019HailOlene-A member of the public reported their house was shaken by strong winds that came first from one direction, then from the opposite direction. They reported 1 inch hail with the second wind surge. The winds sounded like several freight trains. No damage to the house, but there was damage to vegetation with some large tree branches found far away from any trees. This occurred on the Lost River Ranch. The observer thought it may have been a tornado. A funnel cloud associated with another thunderstorm was reported at 1417 PDT the previous afternoon near Klamath Falls.

Every storm 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
Pine Grove2.2 miles19
Henley3.9 miles19
Hager3.9 miles19
Altamont6.1 miles19
Falcon Heights7.1 miles21
Dairy7.3 miles18
Klamath Falls8.8 miles21
Merganser (historical)9.0 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 OleneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7086375The 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 1124978. 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.