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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.

Boronda within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Boronda, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Boronda, surveyed 1910

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Boronda 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,710
20201,760+50 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

127 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU004147
7 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU0003587
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
De Ameral-Carmel ValleyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer
Salinas BrickyardClayProspectSedimentary
Salinas BrickyardClayPast Producer
Foothill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spreckles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Salinas1.8 miles27
Santa Rita2.0 miles27
Cooper2.5 miles27
Bolsa Knolls3.1 miles27
Alisal3.3 miles27
Spreckels Junction3.6 miles27
Springtown3.8 miles27
Blanco3.9 miles27

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 BorondaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2083254The 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.