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Pine Grove, 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.

Pine Grove 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism71 acresKlamath UnitHOGBACK
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 2006Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitWHITELINE NORTH
6 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath UnitHILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 10 producers, 8 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Crystal SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J. K. O'Neil WellGeothermalProducer
Olene Gap Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roenicke Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stukel MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Hager1.7 miles19
Olene2.2 miles19
Henley2.5 miles19
Altamont3.9 miles19
Falcon Heights5.5 miles21
Klamath Falls6.6 miles21
Merganser (historical)6.9 miles21
Stewart Lenox7.4 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 Pine GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195147The 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 1125399. 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.