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.
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
- Wilbur and Evelyn Reid's Alderbrook Lodgelisted 2004
Population over time
3 figuresBoring 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,851 | |
| 2010 | 7,726 | -5,125 (-40%) |
| 2020 | 1,931 | -5,795 (-75%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1911 USGS Boring quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Boring quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Estacada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Boring quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EAGLE VIEW |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | SHERMAN COOPER |
| 8 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Molalla Unit | CHICKEN COOP |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BLUFF CAR FIRE |
| 6 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DOWTY RD FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | PAUL BUNYON |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TARA LARA LN |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TICKLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Barton Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Damascus Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old Barton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Producer | ||
| Oregon State Hwy Div 2 | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsview | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Deep Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Barton | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Kelso | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Damascus Heights | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Cottrell | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Damascus | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Eagle Creek | 5.1 miles | 25 |
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 Boring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3273912 | 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 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.











