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Boring, Oregon

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97009. It stands on Dolan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy quadrangle. 1,931 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Boring within Clackamas County

On record in Boring

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

Boring fell from 12,851 to 1,931 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
200012,851
20107,726-5,125 (-40%)
20201,931-5,795 (-75%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Boring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAGLE VIEW
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSHERMAN COOPER
8 September 2006Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitCHICKEN COOP
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBLUFF CAR FIRE
6 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWTY RD FIRE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitPAUL BUNYON
3 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitTARA LARA LN
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitTICKLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Boring: 26 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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
Old Barton PitStonePast Producer
Damascus Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Barton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia Brick WorksClayPast Producer
Columbia Brick WorksClayProducer
Oregon State Hwy Div 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Hillsview2.7 miles25
Deep Creek (historical)3.2 miles25
Barton3.3 miles25
Kelso3.6 miles26
Damascus Heights4.0 miles25
Cottrell4.1 miles26
Damascus4.5 miles25
Eagle Creek5.1 miles25

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 BoringAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3273912The 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 1117952. 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.