Modoc (disambiguation)

Modoc (disambiguation)

The Modoc are a Native American/First Nations people.

Modoc may also refer to:
* The Modoc War, the last armed resistance of the Modoc people in 1873
* The "Modocs", a Welsh gang operating in the anthracite coalfields around Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania during the 1800s. The group had conflicts with a much better-known rival, which came to be known as the Molly Maguires

Vessels

* USCGC "Modoc" (WPG-46), a "Tampa"-class Coast Guard cutter
* USS "Modoc" (1865), a "Casco"-class light draft monitor

Places

In the United States:
* Modoc, Arkansas
* Modoc, Illinois
* Modoc, Indiana
* Modoc, Kansas
* Modoc, South Carolina
* Modoc County, California
* Modoc Crater, a volcanic feature in Lava Beds National Monument
* Modoc National Forest, in northeastern California
* Modoc Plateau, in California, Oregon, and Nevada
* Modoc Point, Oregon

Other uses

* MODOC, an alias of MODOK in the works of Marvel Comics
* Modoc cypress ("Cupressus bakeri"), a tree species native to the homeland of the Modoc people
* Modoc sucker, an endangered California fish
* "Modoc" (novel), by Ralph Helfer


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