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Boyds, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99141. It stands on Deadman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boyds quadrangle. 34 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Boyds within Ferry County

Population over time

2 figures

Boyds grew from 34 to 34 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
201034
2020340 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Boyds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,409 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 1 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
Natural45
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Other causes6
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1994Natural4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKIFER ROAD
7 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBOSSBURG AGAIN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaKAMLOOPS
6 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDJ BARREL
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaKETTLE RIVER CG
3 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaCAMPFIRE40
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT WHEELS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ferry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Boyds: 17 occurrences, 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
BarstowGraphite, MolybdenumProspect
Bonnie GroupChromiumPast Producer
Columbia RiverCopper, Antimony, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Kelly HillGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Kifer's Mica Slate QuarrySlate, DimensionProducer
Mullen IronGold, IronOccurrencePyrrhotite
Nancy CreekUranium, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverOccurrence
NapoleonIron, Copper, GoldPast ProducerContact Metamorphic
NapoleonGold, Iron, CopperOccurrence
NapoleonIron, Copper, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ferry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyds in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBoyds$1,000Several trees were blown down from thunderstorm winds.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBoyds$500Thunderstorm damage caused power outages via local power company. Utility Company estimated 14 customers lost power. Max gusts in the area were around 30 MPH.
March 2016Debris FlowBoyds$500A trained spotter reported that rocks and a tree came off of a burn scar (Likely a burn scar from the Kettle North Complex of 2015) in the Deadman Creek Drainage above Boyds and covered half of Deadman Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Ferry 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
Barstow4.4 miles14
Harter5.7 miles12
Beulah (historical)8.4 miles14
Dulwich9.8 miles14
Orient11.1 miles14
Goldstake14.9 miles14
Laurier20.3 miles14
Malo25.9 miles15

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 BoydsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472659The 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 1516912. 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.