Pelican City, Oregon
18 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 97601. The Survey maps it on the Wocus quadrangle. It stands 4,229 feet above sea level.
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 Modoc Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Wocus quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Pelican City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,173 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CART 507 |
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Klamath Unit | LINDLEY |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Klamath Unit | LIMPER |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Klamath Unit | SIMPSON II |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath Unit | SIMPSON |
| 24 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Klamath Unit | BEAGLE |
| 15 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Klamath Unit | FLAMMING BALLS |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TRAIL 305 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Pelican City: 30 past producers, 15 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bly Mountain Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Unknown | ||
| Green Springs Hwy | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Klamath Falls Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Oregon Technical Institute | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Oregon Technical Institute | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Klamath Falls Geothermal Zone | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Klamath Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Klamath Ice Co. Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Klamath Falls Brickyard | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelican City in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Pelican City | - | A member of the public reported large hail. They sent a picture of 1.0 inch hail taken next to a quarter for size estimation. The reporter said that the picture was taken after some melting had occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal City | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Klamath Falls | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Shady Pine | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stewart Lenox | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Altamont | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Running Y Ranch | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fairhaven | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Merganser (historical) | 5.2 miles | 21 |
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 Pelican City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912594 | 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 1136619. 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.






