FIRE AND FIRE RISK
According to the USDA Forest Service, between 1976 and 1986, 28,000 acres of private forest land in western Oregon shifted to urban use. More houses in forests are a problem. Numerous small homesite acreages add up to a substantial decrease in the amount of land available for forestry, increase the costs of forest management on adjacent lands, and degrade and fragment habitat. A 1993 Oregon Department of Forestry study on wildfires found that residential development on forest land significantly increases the risk of wildfire and significantly increases the cost of wildfire control.
The Wildfire Risk Explorer has been developed to make wildfire risk assessment data, maps, reports and information available for different communities, watersheds, counties and zip code areas in the State of Oregon. Specific searches can be made for areas within the Willamette Basin.
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