| Historic Fires In Oregon |
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Historic Fires in Oregon
This table shows some of the historic fires in Oregon over the past 150 years.
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Year
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Fire Name |
Number of Acres Burned
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1848
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Nestucca |
290,000
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1849
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Siletz |
800,000
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1853
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Yaquina |
482,000
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1865
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Silverton |
988,000
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1868
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Coos Bay |
296,000
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1933
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Tillamook |
240,000
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1936
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Bandon |
143,000
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1939
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Saddle Mountain |
190,000
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1945
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Wilson River/Salmonberry |
33,000
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1951
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North Fork/Elkhorn |
33,000
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1966
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Oxbow
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44,000
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1987
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Silver |
97,000
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Sources --
"Atlas of Oregon," by William G. Loy, et al, University of Oregon Books, 1976
Oregon Department of Forestry, "Tillamook Burn to Tillamook Forest," revised August 1993
USFS, Pacific Southwest Region, Fire & Aviation
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