Jasper, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasant Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97455. It stands on Hills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle. 793 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Jasper
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Pengra Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Jasper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | HILLS CREEK |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MOUNTAIN GATE |
| 5 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | JACOBY MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ENTERPRISE ROAD |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | ARBORETUM FIRE |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | JASPER LOWELL ROAD |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | PLACE ROAD |
| 25 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | HILLS MP2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Jasper: 16 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| D K Mitchell | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| D.K. Mitchell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hills Siding | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hills Siding | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Olga Kordon | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Olga Kordon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jasper in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Jasper | - | The Middle Fork of the Willamette River near Jasper crested at 10.5 feet around 4 am on April 12th, which is 0.5 foot above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Thurston | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Trent | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Flat | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fall Creek | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Goshen | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Springfield | 7.0 miles | 19 |
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 Jasper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6163884 | 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 1166666. 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.






