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History of The Willamette National Forest
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APPENDICES (continued)
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST: MAJOR FOREST FIRES SINCE 1893
(Greater than 40 Acres)
| Year | Fire Name | Fire Size (Acres) | Ranger District |
Cause | |
| FS Land | Other Land | ||||
| 1893 | Coffin Mountain | 5,000 | Detroit | Lightning | |
| Wildcheat | 1,000 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| 1898 | Dead (Green) Mtn. | 1,500 | Oakridge | Hunter | |
| 1902 | Sardine Mountain | 1,000 | Detroit | Lightning | |
| 1908 | Battle Ax | 5,000 | Detroit | ||
| 1910 | Dead (Green) Mtn. | 16,700 | Oakridge | ||
| Waldo | 260 | Oakridge | |||
| 1911 | Seven Mile Hill | 3,000 | Sweet Home | ||
| 1912 | Carpenter Mountain | 1,000 | Blue River | ||
| 1914 | Anderson | 800 | |||
| Breitenbush | 2,000 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| 1917 | Oakridge | 425 | Oakridge | ||
| 1918 | Duval Creek | 520 | Lowell | ||
| Golden Creek | 400 | ||||
| Little North Fork | 400 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| Lookout Mountain | 560 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| 1919 | Augusta | 1,280 | Lowell | Lightning | |
| Brock | 250 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Canal Creek | 500 | Sweet Home | Lightning | ||
| Coffee Pot | 600 | Rigdon | Lightning | ||
| Death Ball | 540 | Blue River | Lightning | ||
| Detroit | 6,000 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| Horse Lake | 640 | McKenzie | Lightning | ||
| Jeffries | 320 | Blue River | Lightning | ||
| Johnson Meadows | 420 | Rigdon | Lightning | ||
| Portland Creek | 6,680 | Lowell | Lightning | ||
| Koch | 250 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Rebel Creek | 5,440 | Blue River | Lightning | ||
| Salmon Creek | 470 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Stone Mountain | 2,287 | Rigdon | Lightning | ||
| Walker Creek | 400 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Wall Creek | 6,720 | Blue River | Lightning | ||
| 1924 | Bear Creek | 2,400 | Rigdon | Lightning | |
| Canyon Creek | 4,721 | Lightning | |||
| Diamond Creek | 500 | Rigdon | Lightning | ||
| 1925 | Sims Ranch | 480 | McKenzie | ||
| 1935 | Sims | 1,715 | McKenzie | ||
| 1936 | Seven Mile Hill | 610 | Sweet Home | Lightning | |
| 1938 | Blue River | 200 | Blue River | ||
| 1940 | Blowout | 431 | Detroit | ||
| Cabin Creek | 225 | Detroit | |||
| Gate Creek | 165 | Detroit | |||
| 1941 | Tumble Creek | 1,415 | Detroit | Lightning | |
| 1943 | Alpine Trail | 135 | |||
| 1945 | Kelsay Ridge | 65 | Oakridge | Lightning | |
| Kitson Ridge | 55 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| 1946 | East Fork | 99 | Blue River | ||
| 1949 | N. McKenzie | 1,050 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | |
| S. McKenzie | 1,000 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | ||
| 1950 | Halls Ridge | 260 | Detroit | Debris Burn | |
| Shroyer | 140 | Detroit | Debris Burn | ||
| 1951 | He He | 2,721 | Lowell | Human Caused | |
| Sardine | 4,731 | Detroit | Cigarette | ||
| 1952 | Pryor | 266 | Oakridge | Railroad | |
| 1955 | Emigrant Butte | 160 | Rigdon | Lightning | |
| Paddy's Valley | 65 | Rigdon | Lightning | ||
| 1957 | Fields-Wicopee | 300 | Oakridge | Railroad Spark | |
| 1958 | Canyon Creek | 94 | Detroit | Lightning | |
| Dry Creek | 1,025 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| 1959 | Rebel Creek | 170 | Blue River | Campfire | |
| 1960 | Pryor | 96 | Oakridge | Human Caused | |
| 1967 | Airstrip | 5,400 | McKenzie | Lightning | |
| Buck Mountain | 1,400 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| Captain Prairie | 51 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Cupola | 158 | McKenzie | Lightning | ||
| Dead Mountain | 2,593 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Devils Ridge | 423 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| Eagle Rock | 1,298 | Detroit | Lightning | ||
| Lava Flow | 700 | McKenzie | Lightning | ||
| Peggy Creek | 85 | McKenzie | Lightning | ||
| Sinker Ridge | 59 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| Squaw | 73 | McKenzie | Lightning | ||
| 1969 | Slate Creek | 40 | Detroit | Human Caused | |
| 1970 | Logger Butte | 59 | Rigdon | Logging Equip. | |
| McCoy | 109 | Detroit | Car Backfire | ||
| Simpson Crk. Private | 50 | Rigdon | Debris Burn | ||
| 1971 | Horse Creek | 93 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | |
| Lucky | 232 | Detroit | Debris Burn | ||
| Nordic | 102 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | ||
| 1972 | Delp Creek | 49 | Lowell | Human Caused | |
| North Buck | 80 | Rigdon | Smoking | ||
| North Buck #2 | 338 | Rigdon | Smoking | ||
| 1973 | Bramble | 67 | McKenzie | Human Caused | |
| Parks | 183 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Tunnel #20 | 93 | Oakridge | Debris Burn | ||
| 1974 | Lookout | 65 | Lowell | Human Caused | |
| 1976 | Harter Mountain | 80 | 10 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn |
| Little Slopover | 130 | Rigdon | Debris Burn | ||
| 1978 | Black Creek | 136 | Oakridge | Debris Burn | |
| 1979 | Alter | 324 | 220 | McKenzie | Debris Burn |
| Box | 120 | Detroit | Debris Burn | ||
| Log Creek | 46 | 18 | Detroit | Debris Burn | |
| Pebble | 159 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | ||
| Swift | 60 | 220 | Rigdon | Debris Burn | |
| Wonderment | 90 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | ||
| 1980 | Bohemia | 140 | 375 | Oakridge | Logging Line |
| 1981 | Pryor | 72 | Oakridge | Railroad | |
| 1982 | Marine Ridge | 40 | Lowell | Debris Burn | |
| 1983 | Bull Gold | 75 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | |
| Deception | 790 | Lowell | Debris Burn | ||
| Delp Creek | 58 | Lowell | Debris Burn | ||
| Eagle | 335 | Detroit | Debris Burn | ||
| Eena Mountain | 100 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Elk North | 308 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Elor Holman 2 | 53 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| High Leap | 234 | Oakridge | Debris Burn | ||
| Jumpoff Joe | 132 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Kafka | 68 | McKenzie | Debris Burn | ||
| Moose Mountain | 78 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Ridge | 280 | Blue River | Debris Burn | ||
| Scar Lake | 85 | Sweet Home | Debris Burn | ||
| Woodrat | 100 | Oakridge | Debris Burn | ||
| 1985 | Paddy | 40 | Rigdon | Debris Burn | |
| Shady Dell | 43 | Lowell | Debris Burn | ||
| Wicopee | 152 | Oakridge | Debris Burn | ||
| 1986 | Packard | 65 | Rigdon | Logging Equip. | |
| Rider | 50 | Blue River | Debris Burn | ||
| Tumble | 240 | Rigdon | Debris Burn | ||
| 1987 | Boulder | 82 | Detroit | Incendiary | |
| Cooper's | 83 | Detroit | Miscellaneous | ||
| Tunnel | 40 | Oakridge | Lightning | ||
| 1988 | Pyramid | 9,163 | 880 | Rigdon | Smoking |
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