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Eugene, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eugene-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97401. It stands on Mill Race. The Survey maps it on the Eugene East quadrangle. 176,654 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 430 feet above sea level.

Eugene within Lane County

On record in Eugene

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 12 of 68 shown

Every listing in Lane County

Population over time

3 figures

Eugene grew from 137,893 to 176,654 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
2000137,893
2010156,185+18,292 (+13%)
2020176,654+20,469 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

152 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Eugene between 1998 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined108
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150215987
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150215670
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140203958
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBLANTON
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAST 40TH
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140202531
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150211575
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150211432

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Eugene: 20 past producers, 13 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Eugene Molding Sand DepositSilica, ClayPast Producer
Eugene Molding Sand DepositSilica, ClayPast Producer
Hawkins ButteSilicaOccurrence
Hawkins ButteSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Eugene Sand and Gravel IncorporateStonePast Producer
Larson QuarryStonePast Producer
Fisher Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Larson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eugene in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
December 1996Tornado (F0)Eugene$50,000no account filed
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Eugene$25,000A Lane Community College Official witnessed a rain wrapped tornado that significantly damaged three vehicles. One vehicle was moved around 125 feet and ended upside down on a berm in a parking lot. Estimated wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph is needed to move a car which rates the tornado as an EF0.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindEugene$15,000Strong winds from a band of thunderstorms brought around 8 large trees down. Some of these trees damaged power poles or took down power lines as they fell, and resulted in power outages. A stop sign was blown down, part of a roof blew off, as well as two chicken coup roofs. Part of a chain link fence form a construction site blew onto 5th Street and blocked the southbound lanes.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEugene$5,000no account filed
March 2025FloodEugene-Heavy persistent rainfall resulted in localized flooding at several of Eugene parks and creeks impacting Alton Baker Park, Delta Ponds, and along the Fern Ridge Path. A trained spotter reports lots of ponding of water near Fairmount Blvd and E 19th Ave, downhill from Hendricks Park. Additionally, another trained spotter reports parts of Amazon Park Trail underwater in the area of E 23rd Ave and Willamette St. due to small stream/river flooding.
June 2005LightningEugene-Thunderstorms produced frequent lightning in the Eugene and Springfield area early in the morning. Lightning struck several power transformers in Eugene and Cottage Grove, resulting in power outages to 300 Eugene residences and 50 in Cottage Grove.
May 2006HailEugene-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
College Hill1.6 miles19
Bethel2.6 miles19
Glenwood2.8 miles19
River Road3.3 miles19
Springfield3.5 miles19
Santa Clara4.3 miles19
North Springfield4.7 miles19
Danebo4.9 miles19

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 EugeneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q171224The 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 1120527. 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.