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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.

Jimtown within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestHOLBROOK
7 September 1998Natural90 acresVale DistrictSUMMITT CK
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCARSON
27 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMUD LAKE
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitCOUNTY ROAD #999
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresBaker UnitSUMMIT FIRE
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMELHORN BUTTE
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTWISTED LARCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bigelow ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Copper QueenCopper, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
Copper Queen GroupCopperProspect
Dead Cow Butte PitStone, DimensionProducer
Aurous Mining Co.Gold, SilverProducerPlacer
Bigelow ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Dead Cow Butte PitStonePast Producer
Howard BuchananStonePast Producer
Howard BuchananSand and Gravel, Construction, StonePast Producer
Anchorage Exploration Co.GoldPast Producer

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
Halfway2.3 miles14
Carson2.6 miles14
Pine4.2 miles14
Sunset5.4 miles14
Cornucopia7.5 miles13
New Bridge7.6 miles14
Richland9.5 miles14
Sparta9.8 miles14

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 JimtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6201720The 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.