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Worden, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Keno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97603. The Survey maps it on the Worden quadrangle. It stands 4,144 feet above sea level.

Worden 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Worden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitCINDER PIT
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitFLAT
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Klamath National Wildlife RefugeTOM
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBear Valley National Wildlife RefugeTIRE
7 August 2001Natural6.0 acresLower Klamath National Wildlife RefugeDRAIN
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreKlamath UnitGRENADA
5 August 2015Naturalunder an acreBear Valley National Wildlife RefugeBEAR

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 Worden: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Stone. 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 Strait BridgeStonePast Producer
Lowlands PitPumiceProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitPumiceProducer
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Klamath Strait BridgeStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lowland PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, 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
Midland6.4 miles21
Keno6.5 miles18
Plevna (historical)6.8 miles18
Falcon Heights8.6 miles21
West Klamath (historical)9.1 miles21
Merganser (historical)9.8 miles21
Fairhaven9.8 miles21
Chase (historical)9.9 miles19

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 WordenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8034384The 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 1136925. 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.