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Today tourism is the city's main industry. [16] Yachats was part of the war effort in both world wars. Spruce was needed for airplanes during World War I, and in 1918 the U.S. Army Signal Corps under the Spruce Production Division wanted to commence logging of the Blodgett Tract area, an area about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Yachats.
The Shelly Fire, burning about 250 miles south of Eugene in northern California, has spread to 6,261 acres since it started on July 3. With continuous hot dry weather and access difficulties, the ...
This article is a summary of the 2023 Oregon wildfire season, comprising the series of significant wildfires that have burned in the U.S. state of Oregon since the beginning of the calendar year. Fire season officially began in all areas of the state by July 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).
There have been many notable wildfires in the history of the US state Oregon. List ... 1933–1951 Tillamook Burn 1933, 1939, 1945 [1] Bandon Fire (1936) [1] 1996 ...
There were 29 large wildfires and wildfire complexes burning around Oregon as of Thursday morning. Here's the latest news. Oregon wildfires: Smoke impacts Willamette Valley, Hart Mountain refuge ...
The Larch Creek Fire burning near Dufur and Maupin in Central Oregon grew to 10,686 acres Thursday morning amid a fresh round of evacuations in the Tygh Valley area west of White River Falls State ...
Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone Rock Fire — grew to 71,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Tuesday evening. The fire east of Condon ignited over the weekend and grew quickly.
The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon. On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire. [1] [2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire. [3]