Boronda, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Salinas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93907. The Survey maps it on the Salinas quadrangle. 1,760 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
On record in Boronda
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jose Eusebio Boronda Adobelisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresBoronda grew from 1,710 to 1,760 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,710 | |
| 2020 | 1,760 | +50 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1910 USGS Salinas quadrangle1:31680
- 1912 USGS Salinas quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Salinas quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Salinas quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Salinas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Boronda between 1993 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU004147 |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU0003587 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Boronda: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Ameral-Carmel Valley | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Salinas Brickyard | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Salinas Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Foothill Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pine Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spreckles Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salinas | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Santa Rita | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Cooper | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Bolsa Knolls | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Alisal | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Spreckels Junction | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Springtown | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Blanco | 3.9 miles | 27 |
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 Boronda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2083254 | 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 1853377. 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.











