Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Boardman, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Boardman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44512. The Survey maps it on the Youngstown quadrangle. 35,376 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Boardman within Mahoning County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boardman, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Boardman, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 nearby

4 since 2010

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Boardman between 2010 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 May 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15192
19 May 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15195
10 November 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 October 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15291

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahoning County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 389 shown

Museums hold 389 specimens collected within 10 miles of Boardman between 1853 and 1974: 280 Animalia, 103 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), B Withers and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1891	W. H. Olney	Poland
Eurytoma pater Girault, 1920	1915	W. Phillips	Youngstown
Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio
Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)	1853	not recorded	Poland, Yellow Creek
Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek, Poland, Ohio
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio
Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870)	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio
Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819	1853	C. Kirtland	Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio
Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio
Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)	1853	S. Baird	Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio

All 389 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boardman: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Afc Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Afc Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
Standard Slag/ Struthers, Ohio	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Us Steel/ Youngstown, Ohio	Iron	Producer

Every working recorded in Mahoning County

Storms nearby

26 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Boardman in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
June 2015	Flash Flood	Boardman	$2,200,000	Heavy rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain fell across mainly central Mahoning County during the morning of June 23rd. Lowellville received significant damage to McGill Street between Walnut and Wood Streets with the road considered to be a total loss. The drainage system could not handle the flow of water and caused the road to buckle in several locations. Several streets were flooded in Lowellville, Struthers, and Boardman. Numerous retention ponds, back yards, and basements were also flooded. The Yellow Creek in Struthers overflowed it's banks. In Poland Township the Canterbury Creek also flooded some 13 homes on their first floor. An unofficial rain gauge in the area recorded near 5 inches of rainfall from the event. Another housing development prone to flooding saw 100 homes inundated with water up to the electric boxes.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$500,000	Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be in excess of 70 mph caused extensive damage in Boardman. The worst of the damage was from near the intersection of U.S. Highway 224 and Market Street east to near Interstate 680. A few businesses on Market Street lost sections of roofing. Several storage trailers in the area were also knocked over. Just to the east of Market Street many trees were downed along Crestline Place and Marinthana Avenue. Homes along these streets lost sections of roofing as well. The damage extended as far east as the Applewood Acres neighborhood. Downed trees and minor home damage were reported in that area as well. A couple of billboards were also damaged. Widespread power outages were reported in Boardman. It took more than a day for power to be fully restored.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$150,000	Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be as much as 70 mph downed many trees in Boardman. Some of the worst damage was on Cherrywood Drive on the northwest side of the city. A home in the that neighborhood was damaged by a fallen tree. There were also dozens of trees reported down in nearby Mill Creek Park. Scattered power outages were reported throughout Boardman.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds downed over 20 trees in Boardman.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$25,000	A tree fell onto a house causing some damage. A large limb was also reported down.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and several large limbs. A garage was damaged by a fallen tree.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and limbs resulting in scattered power outages.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree on top of some power lines.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$5,000	Several large limbs were blown down.
June 2006	Hail	Boardman	$3,000	Nickel size hail was observed. Also, several large trees were reported down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs in Boardman and the south side of Youngstown.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	$2,000	A few large limbs were reported down.
June 2020	Flood	Boardman	-	A cluster of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved over southern Mahoning County on the 4th. Rainfall estimates were between 1 and 2 inches, most of which fell between 3 and 345 PM. Minor flooding was reported across Southern Ave and in the Home Depot parking lot. Flooding was also reported on Indianola and Shields Roads.
June 2015	Hail	Boardman	-	Hail the size of quarters was observed.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and several large limbs on Simon Road.
May 2012	Hail	Boardman	-	Nickel sized hail was observed.
July 2012	Hail	Boardman	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
July 2009	Hail	Boardman	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was observed.
July 2006	Hail	Boardman	-	Hail ranging between quarter and nickel size was observed.
April 2001	Hail	Boardman	-	Dime size hail was reported two miles south of Boardman.
April 2001	Hail	Boardman	-	Dime size hail was reported.
June 1998	Hail	Boardman	-	no account filed
September 1998	Hail	Boardman	-	no account filed
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Boardman	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mahoning 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McKays Corners	1.5 miles	16
McClurg	2.1 miles	17
Woodworth	2.5 miles	17
Poland	2.5 miles	13
Starrs Corners	2.6 miles	16
Porters Corners	2.9 miles	17
South Side	3.1 miles	16
Kyles Corners	3.3 miles	16

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 Boardman	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q887556	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 1056715. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.