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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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Madras within Jefferson County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Madras 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,046
20207,456+1,410 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

54 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresPrineville District0927 ELM
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPrineville District0609
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrineville District0760
13 September 2018Debris and open burning15 acresPrineville District1168
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresOchoco National Forest0469 RN
5 August 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresPrineville District0501
5 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrineville District0357
4 August 1995Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresPrineville DistrictWILLOWCRK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FriendMercuryOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grody QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jefferson County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Madras/Prineville Hwy JctStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Metolius QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmoker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013LightningMadras1 killedKPTV Fox 12 News reported the story. The article was posted online as well.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Madras$1,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras$500Broken limbs and tree damage in Madras.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras$100Between 120 pm and 200 pm...1 to 4 inch diameter trees and branches downed. Rainfall of .68 inch in 1/2 hour.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMadras-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 2020Thunderstorm WindMadras-Report by spotter of downed powerlines along highway 26 between Warm Springs and Madras.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMadras-Multiple reports of trees down in Madras. Alfalfa crop destroyed by hail and strong winds.
May 2020HailMadras-Also 60-70 mph winds.
May 2017HailMadras-Measured 1.75 inch hail occurred at Madras in Jefferson county. Report from public post on NWS Pendleton Facebook page.
May 2017HailMadras-Measured 1.50 inch hail occurred 3 miles W of Madras in Jefferson county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras-Trees downed by thunderstorm high winds.
August 1998WildfireMadras-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 1997Heavy RainMadras-Heavy rain in Madras caused flooding of some streets and businesses.
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
July 2010Dust DevilMadras-no account filed
May 2001HailMadras-no account filed
July 1998WildfireMadras-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Metolius4.1 miles13
Culver8.7 miles13
Gateway10.1 miles13
Warm Springs11.5 miles11
Lamonta (historical)12.4 miles17
Grandview13.0 miles16
Opal City13.8 miles17
Grizzly14.5 miles10

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 MadrasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q334041The 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.