Summer Lake, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Summer Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97640. The Survey maps it on the Summer Lake quadrangle. It stands 4,229 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Summer Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Lake Abert quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Summer Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Summer Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,163 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Unit | PICTURE ROCK |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Unit | PINE STUMP |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lakeview District | SUMMER LAKE |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 279 acres | Lakeview District | ANA FIRE |
| 5 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LEWIS 345 |
| 27 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | GLIDE |
| 19 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | RIM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Summer Lake: 9 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Sodium, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mp 66 Fremont Hwy | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 66 Fremont Hyw | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Summer Lake | Sodium | Occurrence | ||
| Summer Lake | Salt | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Lake | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Lake | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Summer Lake Area | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Site | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Ana River Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summer Lake in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summer Lake | $5,000 | A spotter reported 8 inch diameter trees blown down and wind damage to a barn. 0.40 inches of rain fell, and there was no hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Summer Lake | - | A spotter 7NNW Summer Lake reported 1.0 inch diameter hail. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Summer Lake | - | A local television station received a report from a viewer of golf ball size hail with a thunderstorm early in the day. The exact time could not be confirmed, and the location is approximate. No warnings were in effect. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Summer Lake | - | Lake County 911 called and relayed a report from a woman in Christmas Valley of several funnel clouds, one of which was touching the ground. The 911 dispatcher passed along her phone number. The woman was called and a tornado was verified. She stated that there were several funnel clouds extending down from a cloud, and one of the funnel clouds was touching the ground with a dust cloud at the point of contact. She estimated the tornado was 3 miles west of Christmas Valley. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Summer Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 17.8 miles | 9 | |
| Christmas Valley | 19.6 miles | 9 | |
| Paisley | 22.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chewaucan (historical) | 25.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Rock | 30.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blaisdell | 41.2 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Falls | 42.8 miles | 11 | |
| Quartz Mountain | 44.9 miles | 12 |
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 Summer Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637356 | 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 1150596. 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.




