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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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
Oregon Trail, Wells Springs Segmentlisted 1978
Population over time
3 figuresBoardman 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,885 | |
| 2010 | 3,220 | +335 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 3,828 | +608 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Boardman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Boardman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDMAN |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | WHITCOMB WEST |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | WHITCOMB EAST |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,464 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | PATTERSON |
| 14 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | WHITCOMB ISLAND HAYSTACK 2 |
| 13 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | WHCB 95-5 |
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | BOARD 1-94 |
| 3 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | WHCB-95-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Sand Dunes | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Gone Busted Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Columbia River Sand Dunes | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Food Processing Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Food Processing Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Boardman | 1 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Boardman | $20,000 | Swirling ground debris beneath funnel cloud. Tractor trailer rig blown off Interstate 84. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | - | Tree down in Boardman. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | - | Estimated wind gusts 80 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | - | Public reported several power poles downed. |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Boardman | - | 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 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Boardman | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Boardman | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Boardman | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Boardman | - | 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.
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 Boardman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2538323 | 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 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.






