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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan 2. Hazard Descriptions In July 2017, the Chetco Bar fire in southwest Oregon burned over 191,000 acres. The fire threatened the town of Brookings but was contained before mandatory evacuation of the city occurred. During August 2017 a series of fires collectively known as the Horse Creek Complex fire began east of Springfield in the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests, burning over 42,480 acres and causing several evacuation orders. Evacuation orders were also issued during the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia Gorge beginning in September 2017. The fire burned over 50,000 acres and jumped the Columbia River into the State of Washington. Fires in Other Parts of the West The Black Forest fire occurred in Colorado in 2013. This fire damaged 595 homes; 498 of which were destroyed.69 It cost nearly $(2013)8.5 million to contain the fire.7' The Carlton Complex fire occurred in Washington in 2014, damaged over 300 homes, and cost the State over $(2014)23.3 million in damages, bringing the total damages from wildfires in Washington to over $(2014)50 million.71 Wildfires are not just a rural phenomenon. The impact on urban areas from wildfire can be significant. In 1990, Bend's Awbrey Hall fire destroyed 21 homes, caused $(1990)9 million in damage, and cost over $(1990)2 million to suppress. In 1991, the Oakland Hills firestorm in Oakland, California killed 25 people, injured 150 others, destroyed 3,791 dwelling units, and resulted in roughly $(1991)1.5 billion in economic losses. The 1996 Skeleton fire in Bend burned over 17,000 acres and damaged or destroyed 30 homes and structures. The Camp Fire in California in 2018 is the sixth -deadliest wildfire in the U.S., with at least 85 casualties and over 19,300 structures destroyed.71 For the purpose of this plan wildfire was categorized into the following three types: Interface fire occurs where wildland and developed areas come together at the wildland-urban interface with both vegetation and structural development combining to provide fuel. Wildland fires main fuel source is natural vegetation. Often referred to as forest or rangeland fires, they occur in national forests and parks, private timberland, and on rangeland. A wildland fire can become an interface fire if it encroaches on developed areas. 69 12 FEMA. Colorado Black Forest Wildfire. hthx//www.fem a. eov/media-librarv- data/c25715894278ad44c82ddd9dOc7e3243/PDA_ Report FEMA-4134-DR-CO.pdf ' The Denver Post. Officials: 511 homes burned in Black Forest Fire. June 2013. http://www.denvemostcom/colorado/ci 23518579/officials-511-homes-burned-black-forest-fire 71 The Oregonian. Washington Wildfire -Fighting Costs Soar past $50 Million for Season. July 27, 2014. htti)://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/07/washington wildfire- fighting_c.html n United States. InciWeb Plumas National Forest. Camp Fire Incident Overview. https://inciweb.nweg.gov/incident/6250/ June 2019. Accessed August 2019. 2-59 January 2020