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.
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
Villard HallNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Alpha Phi Sorority Houselisted 1991
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (Old)listed 1983
Ax Billy Department Storelisted 1982
Baldwin Marketlisted 1996
Abraham and Phoebe Ball Houselisted 2003
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House, Oldlisted 1989
Clarence and Ethel Boyer Houselisted 2009
Windsor W. Calkins Houselisted 1981
Frank L. and Ida H. Chambers Houselisted 1987
Chambers, Fred E. House and Groundslisted 1996
Chase Gardens Residential Groupinglisted 1999
Population over time
3 figuresEugene 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 137,893 | |
| 2010 | 156,185 | +18,292 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 176,654 | +20,469 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1910 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Eugene East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Eugene East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 108 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 150215987 |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 150215670 |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | FFD140203958 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | BLANTON |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EAST 40TH |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | FFD140202531 |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 150211575 |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 150211432 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Molding Sand Deposit | Silica, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene Molding Sand Deposit | Silica, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkins Butte | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Hawkins Butte | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene Sand and Gravel Incorporate | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Butte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Eugene | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Eugene | $25,000 | A 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eugene | $15,000 | Strong 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eugene | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Flood | Eugene | - | 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 2005 | Lightning | Eugene | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Eugene | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Hill | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bethel | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Glenwood | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| River Road | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Santa Clara | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| North Springfield | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Danebo | 4.9 miles | 19 |
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 Eugene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q171224 | 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 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.












