Jared, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99119. It stands on Gardiner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jared quadrangle. It stands 2,066 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Newport quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Newport quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Newport quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Jared quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Jared quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Jared between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 39 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 | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BABBITZ FENCE |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILL CREEK CAMPFIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RUBY RETURN |
| 20 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Colville National Forest | PARKER |
| 18 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Colville National Forest | GARDINER |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Jared: 6 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blueslide | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Peak Beryl | Beryllium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Jared Quarry | Dolomite, Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Metaline District | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Pinnel | Antimony | Occurrence | Stibnite | |
| Reynolds Creek | Copper, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Riverview Mine | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Silver King Group | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Usk | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Ruby | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jared in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Flood | Jared | $1,000 | Flooding across the road closed a quarter mile stretch of State Highway 20 near Cusick. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Jared | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locke | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ruby | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blueslide | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Calispell | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cusick | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lost Creek | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Diamond City | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Usk | 10.9 miles | 15 |
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 Jared | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988983 | 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 1521330. 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.







