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The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer places every single tax lot in Oregon in a risk category ranging from zero to extreme. Large stretches of Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon landed in the red “extreme” wildfire risk category based on weather, climate topography, vegetation and nearby buildings.
2024 Oregon wildfires Total fires 2,039 Total area 1,915,554 acres (775,197 ha) Impacts Deaths 14 more rows
It ranks among the largest wildfires in Oregon history, burning a total of 173,393 acres (70,170 ha) centered on the McKenzie River valley in Lane County.
The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer tool is designed to identify the wildland-urban interface and wildfire hazard at the property ownership level. The Oregon CWPP Planning Tool provides a comprehensive view of wildfire risk within the State of Oregon, indicates local fire history, and offers additional resources.
The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon's southwest, central and eastern areas, ing to the map.
California: August Complex Fire (2020) - 1,000,000 acres OR Dixie Fire (largest single source fire).
The 1910 fire burned three million acres and killed enough timber to fill a freight train 2,400 miles long. Wallace, Idaho was in the direct path of the raging fire. Citizens, mostly women and children, boarded trains to evacuate the threatened town.
The Biscuit Fire was a massive wildfire in 2002 that burned nearly 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km2) in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, in southern Oregon and northern California, in the Western United States.
Can an insurance company refuse to cover wildfires in its policy? No, the Oregon insurance code requires every homeowners insurance policy to include wildfire coverage.
Whether sparked by lightning or human-caused, wildfires can harm fish and wildlife habitat and damage nearby homes or other structures. They're often costly to extinguish and can negatively affect air and water quality.
