White Lake City, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Merrill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97633. The Survey maps it on the Lost River quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

White Lake 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.

1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Lost River quadrangle1:24000
1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of White Lake City (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 787 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Firearms and explosives use	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
7 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Klamath Unit	CANAL
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Klamath Unit	TAYLOR
6 September 2014	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge	LOWER
6 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.1 acres	Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge	SHEEPY
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	427 acres	Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge	OKLAHOMA
16 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Modoc National Forest	HAWK
5 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	MERRILL
30 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Modoc National Forest	INCINERATOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klamath County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of White Lake City (historical): 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Klamath Hills	Gold, Silver, Mercury	Occurrence
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Merrill Pit	Pumice	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Pumice	Producer
Cinder Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cinder Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Merrill Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Merrill	2.8 miles	18
Malone	4.7 miles	18
Henley	10.6 miles	19
Falcon Heights	10.9 miles	21
Olene	11.6 miles	19
Worden	12.0 miles	18
Pine Grove	12.3 miles	19
Malin	12.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132681. 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.