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Jean, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97035. It stands on Carter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Jean within Clackamas County

On record in Jean

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jean in 2012, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1

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
6 February 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresTualatin River National Wildlife Refuge ComplexTUALATIN RIVER HQ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Jean: 41 past producers, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Coffee Lake PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Compton/Stiller PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Durham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grahams PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grimms Fuel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Progress QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tonquin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Rosewood0.4 miles21
Cook0.4 miles21
Rivergrove0.6 miles21
Bryant1.0 miles21
Lake Grove (historical)1.3 miles21
Shadowood2.7 miles21
Stafford3.0 miles21
South Lake Oswego3.6 miles21

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 JeanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6168783The 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 1122389. 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.