Jamieson, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97918. It stands on Poison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamieson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Jamieson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jamieson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Jamieson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 428 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Vale District | MOTHOM |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Vale District | GUM CREEK |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Vale District | PEDRO 2 |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Vale District | HOPE FL |
| 23 August 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Vale District | LICK CR |
| 27 June 2017 | Natural | 211 acres | Vale District | STONE SPRINGS |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 150 acres | Vale District | DRY GULCH |
| 2 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Vale District | LITTLEWILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jamieson: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamieson Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Schaffeld Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schaffeld Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamieson in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell (historical) | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Willowcreek | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brogan | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dennis | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Warm Springs (historical) | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Home (historical) | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vale | 17.4 miles | 12 | |
| Paris (historical) | 17.8 miles | 10 |
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 Jamieson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10976995 | The 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 1136418. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




