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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.

Pelican City 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

88 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism18
Natural17
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCART 507
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKlamath UnitLINDLEY
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitLIMPER
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKlamath UnitSIMPSON II
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitSIMPSON
24 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitBEAGLE
15 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath UnitFLAMMING BALLS
10 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRAIL 305

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bly Mountain Perlite DepositPerliteUnknown
Green Springs HwyDiatomitePast Producer
Klamath Falls DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
Oregon Technical InstituteMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Oregon Technical InstituteMercuryProspect
Klamath Falls Geothermal ZoneGeothermalProducer
Klamath Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Klamath Ice Co. WellGeothermalProducer
BrickyardClayPast Producer
Klamath Falls BrickyardClayProducer

Every working recorded in Klamath County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020HailPelican 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.

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
Terminal City1.2 miles18
Klamath Falls2.1 miles21
Shady Pine3.8 miles18
Stewart Lenox4.3 miles21
Altamont4.5 miles19
Running Y Ranch4.9 miles18
Fairhaven5.0 miles21
Merganser (historical)5.2 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 Pelican CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912594The 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.