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Jewell, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jewell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97138. It stands on Fishhawk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vinemaple quadrangle. It stands 680 feet above sea level.

Jewell within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Jewell between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 3 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 burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTWO TIMES
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreAstoria DistrictSIDE CAMP
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictEVERGREEN
22 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBAY ROAD FIRE
21 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAstoria DistrictGRAND RAPIDS
14 September 2005Naturalunder an acreAstoria DistrictLITTLE FISHHAWK
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictBAY ROAD #2
29 August 2015Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLIND RUNNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jewell: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AlliedStonePast Producer
AlliedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fish Hawk Falls QuarryStonePast Producer
Fish Hawk Falls QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewell in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2009: 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
January 2009FloodJewell-Heavy rain caused several small stream and creek flooding. Damage included structures in the Plympton Creek and Fishhawk Falls area. A landslide near Hamlet also closed highway 202.
December 2007Heavy RainJewell-Storm total precipitation was 7.30 inches.
November 2006Heavy RainJewell-Recorded a 5-day total of 15.7 inches.

Every storm 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
Grand Rapids2.3 miles17
Tideport2.7 miles17
Denver (historical)3.6 miles17
Vinemaple3.8 miles17
Mishawaka6.0 miles16
Elsie6.8 miles16
Lukarilla9.0 miles16
Hamlet12.1 miles17

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 JewellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458350The 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 1136421. 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.