Jamestown, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83855. The Survey maps it on the Palouse quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jamestown within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Palouse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 435 acres in total. 6 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
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle 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 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WEST LONE JACK
28 September 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	NORTH POTLATCH
12 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	MTN HOME GRANGE
10 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	WOODY GRADE
29 August 1992	Debris and open burning	376 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	CEDAR CREEK
28 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	CORA ROAD
22 July 2014	Natural	1.7 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	WOODY GRADE
13 July 2004	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	MOUNTAIN HOME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jamestown (historical): 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium, Stone, Dimension. 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	Recorded
Clay Deposit	Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium	Occurrence	Ilmenite
Duffield Creek Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Garfield	Clay	Occurrence
Garfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ladow Butte	Silica	Occurrence
Stratton Butte	Silica	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Yellow Dog (historical)	1.2 miles	13
Cora	3.7 miles	10
Freeze	5.4 miles	12
Mountain Home (historical)	5.8 miles	10
Potlatch Junction	7.1 miles	12
Potlatch	8.9 miles	12
Onaway	8.9 miles	12
Viola	10.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399084. 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.