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Crook County

Restricted10.0— → stableComposite · JPAS68Completeness MediumCounty · Oregon

Population 27,564 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate

Last scored Jul 13, 2026 · Data may be stale

Composite · JPAS tier readings

Power

Power66sourced

Power reads 66 of 100, sourced evidence. Power measures grid capacity, interconnection-queue depth, generation mix, retail price and substation density. Interconnection-queue depth is an estimated roll-up (EST); queue vintage PJM 2026-04-28, CAISO 2025-02-12.

Politics

Regulatory79sourced

Regulatory reads 79 of 100, sourced evidence. Regulatory measures air-quality designation under the Clean Air Act and commercial permitting activity. Regulatory is evidenced by air-quality designation and permitting activity; a county absent from EPA's nonattainment list reads as attainment. Attainment here is by absence of an EPA designation; EPA's county list is complete, so absence reads as attainment.

Community62sourced

Community reads 62 of 100, sourced evidence. Community measures enacted moratoria, pending legislation and farmland share as signals of local consent.

Incentives60sourced

Incentives reads 60 of 100, sourced evidence. Incentives measures state program baselines and disclosed awards for data-center and industrial projects.

Resources

Water78sourced

Water reads 78 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.

Real estate / site47sourced

Real estate / site reads 47 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.

Environmental53sourced

Environmental reads 53 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.

Labor72sourced

Labor reads 72 of 100, sourced evidence. Labor measures electrician depth, wages, unemployment and prevailing-wage floors in the county labor market.

Connectivity

Connectivity is not yet activated as a brief section; the Network tier reading is shown.

Network89sourced

Network reads 89 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.

Density · JDS

Density · Emerging · 39 of 100

Data-center density is emerging in this county (JDS Emerging, 39 of 100). County grain: computed from facilities, construction and permitted projects resolved to this county.

Trajectory · JTS

  • ModeledJTS-01 Trajectory rate of change — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-02 Inflection points — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • ModeledJTS-03 Trajectory volatility — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-04 Momentum — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-05 Forecast confidence decay — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • ModeledJTS-07 Utility capital investment trend — rising — Modeled — covers 2020–2025

Windows held: 2026 · 2020–2025. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.

Water & Cooling Readiness

Water System Capacity & Utilization4.0/5 · DirectSRC
Water Service Provider Coverage & Type—DirectSRC
Basin Water Stress Index4/5 · FavorableNo dataINF
Regulatory Compliance & Violation History5/5 · Very favorableDirectSRC
Reclaimed / Non-Potable Water Availability—No dataSRC
Groundwater Drawdown Trend4/5 · FavorableState-inheritedEST

Water posture inferred from statewide data; no jurisdiction-level water measurement is available.

Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Local Moratorium Activity

1 data-center moratorium instrument tracked · 0 currently in force · community-opposition signal: lapsed (inferred)

Pendingor-crook-county-undated

Data: Moratorium Nation (mjbommar) — CC-BY-4.0

How Crook County leans — five dimensions, one composite

JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score

Per-dimension posture values are not yet published for this jurisdiction.

Infrastructure Map

Faraday's Read

Crook County, Oregon currently sits in the Restricted tier with a posture score of 10 on the 0-100 scale, reflecting a low overall development-readiness reading rather than any active disqualification. The score's recent history shows this figure results from a scale migration from the old 1.0-5.0 system, with ordering preserved rather than a fresh downgrade, so the underlying posture assessment has not meaningfully changed. The attribute evidence base is moderate in quality (69.81) and medium in completeness (66.5), with sourced-confidence data (0.85) spanning environmental, incentive, labor, network, power, regulatory, and water categories, giving the record a reasonably broad if not exhaustive foundation. No data center facilities are currently on record in the jurisdiction, and the density and forecast-confidence fields are unscored, leaving those aspects of the picture thin. The posture forecast direction is listed as stable over a six-month horizon, though this forecast itself carries no confidence rating and should be read cautiously.

Gilbert Faraday · Jul 17, 2026

Recent Signals

No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.

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