Madras, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Madras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97741. The Survey maps it on the Madras West quadrangle. 7,456 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,241 feet above sea level.
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On record in Madras
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 3 records
Max and Ollie Lueddemann Houselisted 1996
Madras Army Air Field North Hangerlisted 2015- Jefferson County Courthouselisted 2015
Population over time
2 figuresMadras grew from 6,046 to 7,456 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,046 | |
| 2020 | 7,456 | +1,410 (+23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Madras West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Madras quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Madras West quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Madras West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Madras between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,769 acres in total. 3 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Prineville District | 0927 ELM |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | 0609 |
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prineville District | 0760 |
| 13 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Prineville District | 1168 |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Ochoco National Forest | 0469 RN |
| 5 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | 0501 |
| 5 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 0357 |
| 4 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Prineville District | WILLOWCRK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Madras: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grody Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jefferson County Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Madras/Prineville Hwy Jct | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Metolius Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schmoker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madras in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2013 | Lightning | Madras | 1 killed | KPTV Fox 12 News reported the story. The article was posted online as well. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Madras | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | $500 | Broken limbs and tree damage in Madras. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | $100 | Between 120 pm and 200 pm...1 to 4 inch diameter trees and branches downed. Rainfall of .68 inch in 1/2 hour. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | The Madras airport ASOS measured a wind gust of 67mph at 5:55pm. An NWS employee 1 mile southwest of Madras, OR also witnessed thunderstorm outflow winds that blew down fences, produced low visibilities in blowing dust, and also produced a gustnado in nearby farm fields. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Report by spotter of downed powerlines along highway 26 between Warm Springs and Madras. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Multiple reports of trees down in Madras. Alfalfa crop destroyed by hail and strong winds. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Madras | - | Also 60-70 mph winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Madras | - | Measured 1.75 inch hail occurred at Madras in Jefferson county. Report from public post on NWS Pendleton Facebook page. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Madras | - | Measured 1.50 inch hail occurred 3 miles W of Madras in Jefferson county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madras | - | Trees downed by thunderstorm high winds. |
| August 1998 | Wildfire | Madras | - | A wild fire burned 500 acres of rangeland about 5 miles west of Madras and prompted the evacuation of about 150 homes. No homes burned, however, one outbuilding and some farm equipment was destroyed by the fire. About 300 firefighters, 24 fire engines, helicopters and three air tankers were called in to help fight the fire. Two firefighters were injured, one suffered heat exhaustion and the other had a back injury. |
| July 1997 | Heavy Rain | Madras | - | Heavy rain in Madras caused flooding of some streets and businesses. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Dust Devil | Madras | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Madras | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Madras | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metolius | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Culver | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gateway | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Warm Springs | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lamonta (historical) | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Grandview | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Opal City | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Grizzly | 14.5 miles | 10 |
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 Madras | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q334041 | 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 1145724. 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.








