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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.

Jamieson within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

10 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVale DistrictMOTHOM
9 August 2006Natural3.0 acresVale DistrictGUM CREEK
7 August 2016Natural1.9 acresVale DistrictPEDRO 2
5 August 1993Natural9.0 acresVale DistrictHOPE FL
23 August 1997Natural15 acresVale DistrictLICK CR
27 June 2017Natural211 acresVale DistrictSTONE SPRINGS
26 June 2017Natural150 acresVale DistrictDRY GULCH
2 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresVale DistrictLITTLEWILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jamieson Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Schaffeld SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schaffeld SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Malheur County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023HailJamieson-Severe hail spotted along with 0.88 inches of rainfall.
June 2020HailJamieson-Pictures of 1 inch sized hail covering the ground and crop damage 4 miles south of Jamieson were sent via social media.

Every storm recorded in Malheur 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
Dell (historical)1.3 miles11
Willowcreek6.1 miles12
Brogan6.1 miles9
Dennis8.7 miles12
Warm Springs (historical)11.1 miles11
Home (historical)12.4 miles12
Vale17.4 miles12
Paris (historical)17.8 miles10

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 JamiesonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10976995The 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.