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Jeffers Garden, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Jeffers Slough. The Survey maps it on the Astoria quadrangle. 424 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Jeffers Garden within Clatsop County

On record in Jeffers Garden

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 1 record

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

Population over time

2 figures

Jeffers Garden grew from 368 to 424 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010368
2020424+56 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Jeffers Garden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 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 burning35
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking8
Other causes4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
9 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHATTERBOX
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWADSWORTH #2
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictFAIRWAY DR.
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictCLATSOP PLAINS 2 FIRE
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRED FLAG
6 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMITSCHER RD.
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAstoria DistrictSPIRIT PLACE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCUTTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Jeffers Garden: 17 past producers, 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Zirconium, 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
Endicott PitClayPast Producer
Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 1Titanium, Zirconium, IronProspect
Sunset Quarry & MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed PitFlagstoneProducer
Columbia River BarTitaniumUnknown
Astoria LandfillStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer
Astor House, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Miles Crossing1.0 miles15
Uniontown2.5 miles15
Astoria3.0 miles15
Chadwell (historical)3.3 miles15
Warrenton3.6 miles18
Carnahan4.6 miles16
Flavel (historical)4.7 miles18
Navy Heights5.0 miles15

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 Jeffers GardenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5929030The 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 1129895. 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.