Jimtown, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97834. It stands on Holbrook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jimtown quadrangle. It stands 2,930 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Pine quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Halfway quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Jimtown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Jimtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 167 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | HOLBROOK |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 90 acres | Vale District | SUMMITT CK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | CARSON |
| 27 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | MUD LAKE |
| 27 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baker Unit | COUNTY ROAD #999 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Baker Unit | SUMMIT FIRE |
| 2 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | MELHORN BUTTE |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | TWISTED LARCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Jimtown: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Queen | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Copper Queen Group | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Dead Cow Butte Pit | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Aurous Mining Co. | Gold, Silver | Producer | Placer | |
| Bigelow Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Dead Cow Butte Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Buchanan | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Buchanan | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Anchorage Exploration Co. | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Carson | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pine | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sunset | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cornucopia | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Bridge | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Richland | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sparta | 9.8 miles | 14 |
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 Jimtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6201720 | The 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 1144820. 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.





