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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. [2] [3]
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]
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.
The fire demolished approximately 1,300 structures in its path. The Dixie Fire is known as the second-largest fire in the state's history. Government agencies spent about $540 million to fight the ...
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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