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Jett, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97907. It stands on Jett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lime quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jett within Baker 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jett (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,500 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 September 2006Natural769 acresVale DistrictHUNTINGTON FIRE
6 September 2006Natural156 acresVale DistrictLIME
13 September 2006Natural1.0 acresVale DistrictBINDER GULCH
10 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use349 acresVale DistrictLIME FIRE
9 August 2010Natural40 acresVale DistrictCAVANAUGH
7 August 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresVale DistrictSULLIVAN R
5 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution12,024 acresVale DistrictLIME HILL
3 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreVale DistrictCROC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Jett (historical): 13 past producers, 6 producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
Bay HorseSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincProducer1890
Gold ProspectGold, TungstenUnknown
Huntington PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Lower Marble Canyon QuarryDolomiteProducer
Placers of Lower Burnt RiverGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Weatherby Mtn Gold OccurrenceGold, TungstenOccurrence
Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Huntington Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Lime1.4 miles11
Huntington5.7 miles11
Weatherby5.9 miles11
Rye Valley9.1 miles11
Conner Creek (historical)11.8 miles13
Durkee13.5 miles14
Clarksville20.0 miles10
China Town21.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1131844. 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.