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The Tillamook burn photographed in 1941. The first fire started in a ravine at the headwaters of Gales Creek on August 14, 1933. The exact cause of the first fire is unknown; however, the common narrative states that as logging crews were wrapping up operations early due to fire hazard restrictions, a steel cable dragging a fallen Douglas fir rubbed against the dry bark of a wind-fallen snag.
The Tillamook Burn was a series of fires that occurred between the years of 1933 and 1951. Pages in category "Tillamook Burn" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Tillamook State Forest is a 364,000-acre (1,470 km 2) publicly owned forest in the U.S. state of Oregon.Managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry, it is located 40 miles (64 km) west of Portland in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, and spans Washington, Tillamook, Yamhill, and Clatsop counties.
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 Lakeview Complex [1] 2002 Biscuit Fire; Toolbox Complex fires [1] 2003 B&B Complex fires; 2006 South End Complex [1] 2007 Egley Complex [1] 2009 Tumblebug Complex Fire; 2011 High Cascades ...
Approximately one million people visit the cheese factory (located north of Tillamook on Highway 101) each year. [11] The lumber industry also is experiencing a comeback from the replanting that followed the Tillamook Burn forest fires of the mid-20th century. The burned remains of some of the trees can still be found in the forests surrounding ...
The Consolidated Timber Company was formed in response to the need to salvage the massive amount of lumber remaining after the initial Tillamook Burn fire in 1933. [1] This would eventually end up being the largest salvage operation in American history.
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The Coast Range behind Tillamook was the scene of a repeated series of forest fires called the Tillamook Burn between 1933 and 1951. In 1948, a state ballot approved the sale of bonds to buy the burned-over areas and have the state rehabilitate the lands.