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The Yacolt Burn is the collective name for dozens of fires in Washington state and Oregon occurring between September 8 and September 12, 1902, [1] causing 38 deaths in the Lewis River area, at least nine deaths by fire in Wind River and 18 deaths in the Columbia River Gorge.
The September 1902 [25] Yacolt Burn started as a slash fire near the city of Stevenson. Spread by a strong, eastward blowing wind, it burned forest for 30 miles (48 km), reaching the town of Yacolt and killing 38 people. [7]
1902 Yacolt Burn [50] Yacolt Burn Clark / Skamania / Cowlitz: 238,900 acres (96,700 ha) Unknown 65+ Unknown A complex of several fires The majority was as one fire between Carson and Yacolt Fire-killed Douglas-fir in 1934
It is laced by a network of gravel roads as part of the Yacolt Burn State Forest. The eastern flank of the mountain was scorched by a gigantic forest fire in September 1902 and subsequently experienced a massive rockslide that rendered that side mostly unvegetated.
1902 Yacolt Burn; 1933–1951 Tillamook Burn 1933, 1939, 1945 [1] Bandon Fire (1936) [1] 1996 Simnasho [1] Ashwood-Donnybrook fire [1] 2000 Jackson Fire [1] 2001
Yacolt is derived from the Klickitat word "Yahkohtl," [5] meaning "haunted place" or "place of (evil) spirits." [6] The area was also known as "the valley of lost children". [7] In September 1902 the town, which consisted of only 15 buildings at the time, was nearly destroyed by the Yacolt Burn, the largest fire in state history. Yacolt was ...
The Yacolt Burn forest fire was brought under control. [12] Munch's unusual self portrait, made 10 years after The Scream. Norwegian painter Edvard Munch underwent surgery at the National Hospital in Christiana for an injured left hand and refused general anesthesia so that he could witness the entire experience in order to capture it later in art.
Yacolt Burn State Forest is a 90,000 acre state forest located in southern Washington in the foothills of the Cascade Range. [1] It is named after the Yacolt Burn , a collection of wildfires that broke out in 1902.