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Boardman, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Boardman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97818. The Survey maps it on the Boardman quadrangle. 3,828 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.

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Boardman within Morrow County

On record in Boardman

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Boardman grew from 2,885 to 3,828 between 2000 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
20002,885
20103,220+335 (+12%)
20203,828+608 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Boardman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,548 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeBOARDMAN
8 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeWHITCOMB WEST
8 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeWHITCOMB EAST
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,464 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugePATTERSON
14 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeWHITCOMB ISLAND HAYSTACK 2
13 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance17 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeWHCB 95-5
7 August 1994Arson/incendiarism30 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeBOARD 1-94
3 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeWHCB-95-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morrow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Boardman: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silica. 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
Columbia River Sand DunesSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaOccurrence
Gone Busted PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Boardman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boardman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boardman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boardman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbia River Sand DunesSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Food Processing ParkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Food Processing ParkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morrow County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boardman in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000LightningBoardman1 hurt, $20,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBoardman$500,000no account filed
May 2006Tornado (F1)Boardman$20,000Swirling ground debris beneath funnel cloud. Tractor trailer rig blown off Interstate 84.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBoardman-Tree down in Boardman.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBoardman-Estimated wind gusts 80 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBoardman-Public reported several power poles downed.
July 1998WildfireBoardman-Lightning caused a brush fire on the Naval Bombing range south of Boradman that burned more than 30,000 acres. Strong shifting wind, difficult terrain, and heavy brush hampered fire fighting efforts. One hundred fifty Naval and civilian fire fighters fought the fire.
June 2010Funnel CloudBoardman-no account filed
March 2006Flash FloodBoardman-no account filed
May 2006HailBoardman-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBoardman-no account filed
July 2002HailBoardman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrow 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
Clarke5.3 miles16
Irrigon11.7 miles14
Ella15.5 miles15
Cecil20.5 miles13
Morgan23.0 miles13
Pine City23.3 miles11
Galloway (historical)23.7 miles11
Ione24.3 miles13

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 BoardmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2538323The 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 1136082. 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.