There have been many notable wildfires in the history of the US state

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* 1902 **

Yacolt Burn The Yacolt Burn is the collective name for dozens of fires in Washington state and Oregon occurring between September 8 and September 12, 1902, causing 38 deaths in the Lewis River area, at least nine deaths by fire in Wind River and 18 death ...

* 1933–1951 **

Tillamook Burn The Tillamook Burn was a series of forest fires in the Northern Oregon Coast Range of Oregon in the United States that destroyed a total area of of old growth timber in what is now known as the Tillamook State Forest. There were four wildfir ...

1933, 1939, 1945 ** Bandon Fire (1936) * 1996 ** Simnasho ** Ashwood-Donnybrook fire * 2000 ** Jackson Fire * 2001 ** Lakeview Complex * 2002 **

Biscuit Fire The Biscuit Fire was a massive wildfire in 2002 that burned nearly in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, in southern Oregon and northern California, in the Western United States. The fire was named after Biscuit Creek in southern Oreg ...

** Toolbox Complex fires * 2003 **

B&B Complex fires The B&B Complex fires were a linked pair of wildfires that together burned of Oregon forest during the summer of 2003. The fire complex began as two separate fires, the Bear Butte Fire and the Booth Fire. The two fires were reported on the sa ...

* 2006 ** South End Complex * 2007 ** Egley Complex * 2009 ** Tumblebug Complex Fire * 2011 ** High Cascades Complex * 2012 **

Barry Point Fire The Barry Point Fire was a wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire ...

** Lava Fire ** Long Draw Fire ** Holloway Fire ** Miller Homestead * 2014 ** Buzzard Complex *

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Chetco Bar Fire The Chetco Bar Fire was a wildfire in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Oregon, United States. The fire, which was caused by a lightning strike and first reported on July 12, 2017. It burned as of November 4, when it was declared 100% contained. The C ...

Cinder Butte Fire The Cinder Butte Fire was a wildfire that burned over of Oregon rangeland during the summer of 2017. The fire began on 2 August 2017. It was determined to be human-caused since lightning was not present in the area prior to the initial fire ...

Eagle Creek Fire The Eagle Creek Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge, largely in the U.S. state of Oregon, with smaller spot-fires in Washington. The fire was started on September 2, 2017, by a 15-year-old boy igniting fireworks duri ...

** High Cascades Complex fires **

Jones Fire The Jones Fire was a wildfire in the Willamette National Forest, approximately 10 miles northeast of Lowell, in Oregon in the United States. The fire, which was first reported on August 10, 2017, burned a total of and was started by lightning ...

Milli Fire The Milli Fire was a wildfire that burned over of Oregon forest land during the summer of 2017. The fire began in the Deschutes National Forest on 11 August 2017, the result of a lightning strike. The fire consumed thick forest vegetation so ...

Nash Fire The Nash Fire is a wildfire that occurred in the Deschutes National Forest and Willamette National Forest, on the southwest slope of the South Sister Mountain in Oregon in the United States. The fire, which was started by lightning, started on ...

Whitewater Fire The Whitewater Fire was a wildfire in and near the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, approximately 13 miles east of Detroit, Oregon, United States. The fire, which was caused by a lightning strike and first reported on July 23, 2017, has burned appro ...

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Boxcar Fire The Boxcar Fire was a wildfire one mile southeast of Maupin, Oregon in the United States. The fire started on June 21, 2018 due to a lightning strike and subsequently burned due to dry, windy conditions in Central Oregon. The fire was one of 70 ...

Graham Fire The Graham Fire was a wildfire four miles south of the Metolius River near Culver, Oregon. The fire was caused by a lightning strike and was first reported on June 21, 2018. The fire is one of 70 started over a two-day period of dry conditions ...

Jack Knife Fire The Jack Knife Fire was a wildfire five miles north of Kent, Oregon in the United States. The fire was started by lightning on June 20, 2018, around 3:00 pm, just west of the John Day River. The fire burned . Events The Jack Knife fire was sta ...

Klamathon Fire The Klamathon Fire was a wildfire in Siskiyou County south of Hornbrook, California in the United States. The fire was reported on July 5, 2018 and was contained on July 21, after burning . The fire threatened private timber lands along the C ...

Klondike Fire The Klondike Fire was a wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oreg ...

Long Hollow Fire The Long Hollow Fire was a wildfire burning five miles south of Dufur, Oregon in the United States. The fire was first reported on July 26, 2018 and has burned .The fire was started by farm equipment. The fire is located just south of the Subs ...

Miles Fire The Miles Fire was a wildfire in the Rogue River National Forest in Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineati ...

South Valley Fire The South Valley Fire was a human-caused wildfire in Wasco County near Dufur in the U.S. state of Oregon. The fire was one of three fires near Dufur, specifically the Long Hollow Fire and the contained Substation Fire. The South Valley Fire b ...

Substation Fire The Substation Fire was a wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon near The Dalles. The fire was first reported on July 17, 2018, and had burned . Incidents The Substation Fire was reported, burning on private land, in the late afternoon on July ...

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) ** Holiday Farm Fire **

Santiam Fire The Santiam Fire was a very large wildfire that burned in Marion, Jefferson, Linn, and Clackamas counties, in northwest Oregon, United States. Having ignited in August 2020, the 402,274-acre (162,795 ha) fire ravaged multiple communi ...

** Slater and Devil fires *

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Bootleg Fire The Bootleg Fire, named after the nearby Bootleg Spring, was a large wildfire that started near Beatty, Oregon, Beatty, Oregon, on July 6, 2021. Before being fully contained on August 15, 2021, it had burned . It is the third-largest fire in the ...

** Jack Fire **

Joseph Canyon Fire Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

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** Cedar Creek Fire *

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** Flat Fire *

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** Durkee Fire

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Wildfires in Oregon