BlockBefore

Terminal 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. It lies near Rabbit Flat. The Survey maps it on the Wocus quadrangle. It stands 4,196 feet above sea level.

Terminal 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Terminal City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,171 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 17 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
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitSKILLET
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitSIMPSON
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitALGOMA
24 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKlamath UnitBEAGLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Terminal City: 26 past producers, 12 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
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
Wocus SiteClayPast 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
Pelican City1.2 miles18
Shady Pine2.9 miles18
Klamath Falls3.3 miles21
Running Y Ranch4.0 miles18
Stewart Lenox5.2 miles21
Algoma5.6 miles18
Altamont5.7 miles19
Fairhaven5.8 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.

Wikidata item Q124214600The 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 1158954. 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.