US Forest Service - Klamath National Forest (CA/OR)

US Forests in California:
Angeles	Inyo	Lassen	Modoc	Sequoia	Six Rivers
Cleveland	Klamath	Los Padres	Plumas	Shasta-Trinity	Stanislaus
Eldorado	Lake Tahoe BMU	Mendocino	San Bernardino	Sierra	Tahoe

Klamath National Forest (KNF - Forest #05) "Yreka" KMB 6-8-0

The Klamath National Forest encompasses nearly 1.7 million acres of land straddling the California and Oregon border with the majority in California and a small portion in Oregon. The Forest is divided into two sections separated by the Shasta Valley and the I-5 corridor. In the mountains to the west, the terrain is steep and rugged and is arguably the most rugged in the Pacific Southwest Region. The east-side has the relatively gentler, rolling terrain of volcanic origin. Here the Goosenest Ranger District also administers the Butte Valley National Grassland, the only National Grassland in Region 5. With elevations ranging from 450 to 8,900 feet above sea level, the Klamath National Forest is one of America’s most biologically diverse regions. It is situated in a transitional region between the hotter and drier areas to the south and the colder, wetter climate to the north. At the California-Oregon boundary the Klamath National Forest extends into Oregon and two small areas of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest extend into California. The two forests are in two different Forest Service Regions, the Pacific Southwest and the Pacific Northwest and Forest Service Regions normally follow state lines with some exceptions. In this case the boundary is following the divide between the Klamath River and the Rogue River. When Regional, National Forest and Ranger District boundaries are drawn, an attempt is made to follow drainage or hydrological boundaries. In this way two units are not managing the same watershed. The desired outcome is to have boundaries that follow topographical, hydrological and ecological lines, rather than oft arbitrary political ones.

Old growth forest is estimated to cover some 168,295 acres of the Klamath The primary trees are Coast Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii), Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) and White Fir (Abies concolor).

The forest includes 5 Congressionally designated wilderness areas, Marble Mountain, Russian, Trinity Alps, Red Buttes and Siskiyou. In the lower elevations, you'll find park-like stands of Ponderosa Pines, while in the higher elevations, the Douglas fir, sub-alpine fir and mixed conifer stands beg to be explored. There are 200 miles of river system for rafting and 152 miles of wild and scenic rivers on the forest. The Forest also helps to meet local and national needs for timber, gold, and other natural resources. The forest is divided into the Oak Knoll (District 1), Happy Camp (District 2), Salmon River (District 4), Scott River (District 5) and Goosenest (District 7) Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Yreka. As of 2016, there is one district ranger for the Oak Knoll and Happy Camp Ranger Districts with the district office for the combination located in Happy Camp. The Salmon River and Scott River Ranger Districts has one district ranger who works from the district office in Fort Jones. The Klamath's Ukonom Ranger District is being administered by the Six Rivers National Forest from their Orleans Ranger District Office.

KNF Stations

Oak Knoll Division #1	Happy Camp Division #2	Sawyers Bar Division #4
Engines 15 & 16 - Oak Knoll Station (Division Office)	Engines 25 & 26 - Happy Camp Station (District Office)	Engine 45 - Sawyers Bar Station (Division Office)
	Engine 27 - Seiad Station	Engine 46 - Petersburg Station
Scott River Division #5	Goosenest Division #7
Engines 55 & 56 - Callahan Station	Engines 75, 76, 76 - Mt. Hebron Station
Engine 357 - Scott Bar Station (Division Office)	Engine 78 - Grass Lake Station

RADIO SYSTEM

The Klamath National Forest's radio system is unique in two ways. First it has one mountain top remote base and base stations located at Ranger Stations, work centers, fire stations and such. The mountaintop base is at the Gunsight Peak Communications Site west of Yreka. The ground level remote base stations are located at: Oak Knoll Work Center, Happy Camp Ranger Station, Seiad Station, Happy Camp Helibase, Sawyers Bar Work Center, Scott River Ranger Station, Salmon River Ranger Station, and the Goosenest Ranger Station. There is information that seems to indicate that Yreka Dispatch remote controls one base station at each ranger station, and the work centers at Seiad, Oak Knoll and Sawyers Bar. These are likely linked via phone lines or by VoIP. The rugged terrain likely prevents Gunsight remote base being able to cover the entire forest.

Second, the Klamath National Forest has a separate repeater net for each of the 5 ranger districts on the forest. The Black Net covers the Oak Knoll Ranger District, the Orange Net is provided for the Happy Camp Ranger District, the Salmon Net is used on the Salmon River Ranger District, the Sage Net is assigned to Goosenest Ranger District and finally the River Net is for the Scott River Ranger District. A simplex channel is included for each net. The R5 project/fire net is not used on this forest due to conflicts with frequency use in the Pacific Northwest Region (R6 - Oregon and Washington).

Other

The unit identifiers follow the function name, district, position number system. Common function names include resources, timber, recreation, wilderness, OHV (Off Highway Vehicle management) lands, special uses, range, wildlife, watershed, soils, fisheries, engineer, engineering, roads, O & M (Operations and Maintenance), ecology and possible additional. Not every forest uses all of these and some ID the same unit with a different name, example some forests call their O & M and roads units "engineering." The Yreka Interagency Dispatch Center provides dispatching services for the Klamath National Forest and is co-located with Cal Fire's Siskiyou Unit dispatch center at the Cal Fire Siskiyou Unit headquarters in Yreka. It is a 24 hour operation. The center's identifier is "Yreka".

Channel Plan

Klamath National Forest Channel Lineup

Channel	Tone(s)	Rx	Tx	Alpha Tag	Description
1	7	171.5250	171.5250	KNF1 Frst Dir	Forest Net Direct
2	1-12	171.5250	165.4125	KNF2 Frst Rpt	Forest Repeater Net
3		167.6000	167.6000	KNF4 A/G43 CA1 P	National Air-Ground 43 CA Zone 1 Primary
4		166.8750	166.8750	KNF5 A/G08 CA1 S	National Air-Ground 08 CA Zone 1 Secondary
5	1,2,10	169.6375	168.7750	KNF7 BlkNet Rpt	Black Net Repeater - Oak Knoll RD
6	2,3,4,11	172.2750	164.7000	KNF9 OrngNet Rpt	Orange Net Repeater - Happy Camp RD
7	5,6,13	172.4000	164.1250	KNF11 SlmNet Rpt	Salmon Net Repeater - Salmon River RD
8	8,9	172.3250	162.2250	KNF13 SageNet Rpt	Sage Net Repeater - Goosenest RD
9	2,7,10	172.2500	165.0750	KNF15 RvrNet Rpt	River Net Repeater - Scott River RD
10		166.5500	166.5500	R5 Tac 4	R5 Tactical 4
11		167.1125	167.1125	R5 Tac 5	R5 Tactical 5
12		168.2375	168.2375	R5 Tac 6	R5 Tactical 6
13		167.9625	167.9625	R5 Tac 7	R5 Tactical 7

Revised 6-9-24

Tones

All repeater sites carry the Forest Net. District net coverage is noted with B for Black, O for Orange, S for Salmon, R for River and Sa for Sage.

KNF Repeaters

Tone	Location	Input Tone	Output Tone	Area of Coverage
1	Mase Peak - B	110.9	97.4	Oak Knoll RD
2	Lake Mtn. - B/O/R	123.0	192.8	Oak Knoll RD/Happy Camp RD/Scott River RD
3	Baldy Lookout - O	131.8	Unknown	Happy Camp RD
4	Ukonom - O	136.5	Unknown	Happy Camp RD
5	Orleans - S	146.2	Unknown	Salmon River RD
6	Eddy Gulch - S	156.7	179.9	Salmon River RD
7	Bolivar - R	167.9	186.2	Scott River RD
8	Ball Mtn. - Sa	103.5	203.5	Goosenest RD
9	Orr Mtn. - Sa	100.0	Unknown	Goosenest RD
10	Collins Baldy - B/R	107.2	192.8	Oak Knoll RD/Scott River RD
11	Slater - O/R	114.8	Unknown	Happy Camp RD
12	Paradise Craggy	127.3	192.8	Yreka and Shasta Valley
13	English Peak - S	141.3	Unknown	Salmon River RD - Seasonal Placement
16	Direct for all nets	192.8	Unknown	All Ranger Districts

The input tones are not transmitted on the output frequency. The output tone of each repeater, when known, is shown in the table above. Note: only the Angeles and Klamath National Forests provide area of use descriptions for each repeater.

Related Links

• National Incident Radio Support Cache - These frequencies are used for large incidents, usually when a Type I or Type II Incident Management Team is assigned. This cache is used for fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, visits of high ranking officials, such the U.S. President and the presidents of other countries, large law enforcement incidents, special events and other incidents where the federal government is utilizing the Incident Command System.

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US Forests in California:
Angeles	Inyo	Lassen	Modoc	Sequoia	Six Rivers
Cleveland	Klamath	Los Padres	Plumas	Shasta-Trinity	Stanislaus
Eldorado	Lake Tahoe BMU	Mendocino	San Bernardino	Sierra	Tahoe