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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lime quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 769 acres | Vale District | HUNTINGTON FIRE |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 156 acres | Vale District | LIME |
| 13 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Vale District | BINDER GULCH |
| 10 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 349 acres | Vale District | LIME FIRE |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 40 acres | Vale District | CAVANAUGH |
| 7 August 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Vale District | SULLIVAN R |
| 5 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12,024 acres | Vale District | LIME HILL |
| 3 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Vale District | CROC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Horse | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1890 | |
| Gold Prospect | Gold, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Huntington Plant | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| Lower Marble Canyon Quarry | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Placers of Lower Burnt River | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Weatherby Mtn Gold Occurrence | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Gypsum Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gypsum Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Huntington Copper Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Huntington | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Weatherby | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rye Valley | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Conner Creek (historical) | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Durkee | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Clarksville | 20.0 miles | 10 | |
| China Town | 21.0 miles | 10 |
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.




