Jameson, Washington

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Waterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98858. The Survey maps it on the Jameson Lake West quadrangle. It stands 2,251 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jameson within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Jameson Lake West quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jameson (historical) between 2012 and 2015, burning about 7,188 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
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
28 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	600 acres	Spokane District	ROAD C
15 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	1,980 acres	Spokane District	OUTLAW DRAW
15 July 2012	Natural	2,184 acres	Washington State Fire Marshal's Office	DOUGLAS COUNTY COMPLEX
29 June 2015	Natural	2,424 acres	Washington State Fire Marshal's Office	ROAD 6 FIRE
1 June 2015	Natural	under an acre	Spokane District	ROAD 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jameson (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Matthieson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Matthiesen (historical)	3.7 miles	7
Touhey	3.8 miles	7
Mansfield	6.9 miles	7
Withrow	7.7 miles	6
Saint Hubert (historical)	9.1 miles	6
Farmer	10.5 miles	6
Mud Spring	11.3 miles	6
Fairview	12.1 miles	6

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 Jameson (historical)	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995378	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 1513014. 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.