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Running Y Ranch, 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. It lies near Payne Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Howard Bay quadrangle. 858 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,213 feet above sea level.

Running Y Ranch 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Running Y Ranch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 665 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 16 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
Natural30
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitSWEAT
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitUNCLE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitSKILLET
26 September 1996Smokingunder an acreKlamath UnitHOWARD
24 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitBEAGLE
15 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath UnitFLAMMING BALLS
10 September 1996Smoking2.0 acresKlamath UnitSMOKIN'
7 August 2012Natural2.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRIDGEWATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Running Y Ranch: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Baker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Klamath Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Shot Gun QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Baker PitStonePast Producer
BrickyardClayPast Producer
Klamath Falls BrickyardClayProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Terminal City4.0 miles18
Shady Pine4.9 miles18
Pelican City4.9 miles18
Algoma6.1 miles18
Klamath Falls6.6 miles21
Stewart Lenox7.1 miles21
Fairhaven7.2 miles21
West Klamath (historical)8.0 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 Running Y RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108377327The 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 2805461. 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.