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Jefferson, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97352. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle. 3,327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.

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Jefferson within Marion County

On record in Jefferson

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Jefferson grew from 3,098 to 3,327 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
20103,098
20203,327+229 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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 Jefferson in 2012, burning about 1 acre 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
Recreation and ceremony1

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 October 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRIVERHAVEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson: 18 past producers, 13 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Albany B Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant
Smith-ButlerIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Smith-ButlerIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopperUnknown
CoxStonePast Producer
Cox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Davidson PitStonePast Producer
Davidson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Forslund Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Forslund Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 7 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Jefferson$200There was damage to multiple small shrubby trees just north of the railroad track along Libby Ln. There was also a sign knocked over at the NW corner of Libby Ln and Jefferson-Marion Rd, but whether or not it was caused by a tornado could not be determined. The tornado was likely on the ground for one minute or less.
December 2020FloodJefferson-The gage on the Santiam River at Jefferson (JFFO3) crested at 15.3 feet. Flood stage is 15.0 feet. No damage was reported.
September 2020Heavy RainJefferson-Lots of precipitation.
April 2019FloodJefferson-The Santiam River at Jefferson crested at 15.8 feet around 11 PM on April 8th, which is 0.8 foot above flood stage.
September 2015Funnel CloudJefferson-A Funnel Cloud was spotted by a driver driving on I-5 around noon.
January 2011FloodJefferson-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff to produce flooding on the Santiam River. The Santiam River at Jefferson crested at 15.4 feet on January 17th at 04:27 PST.
January 2009FloodJefferson-Heavy rain caused the Santiam River near Jefferson to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas.
December 2007Heavy RainJefferson-Storm total precipitation was 4.58 inches.
November 2006FloodJefferson-The Santiam River near Jefferson crested at 15.2 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 15.0 feet.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Thunderstorms produced pea-sized hail in the Central Willamette Valley from mid-day until evening. Hail piled up along Interstate 5 from Jefferson to Corvallis, which caused slippery roads. Several accidents were reported, but no serious injuries were reported.
January 2006FloodJefferson-no account filed
December 2005FloodJefferson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Santiam City (historical)1.6 miles19
Marion4.1 miles20
Talbot5.4 miles17
Sidney6.8 miles17
Sunnyside8.7 miles17
West Stayton8.9 miles16
Turner9.1 miles17
Ale (historical)9.6 miles16

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 JeffersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1991020The 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 1163070. 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.