APPENDIX G.
OREGON COAST RANGE FIRE HISTORY, 1491-2003
This appendix is a table of references that document the forest fire history of the Oregon Coast Range via tree rings and documented observations. Pre-1491 entries provide information on the fuel histories of 1491 and later events.
|
Year |
Source |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1469 |
Connelly and Kertis 1992 |
|
|
|
|
1478 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1482 |
Teensma 1981 |
|
|
25,685 |
|
1499 |
Connelly and Kertis 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
<1500 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Connelly and Kertis |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Teensma |
|
|
25,685 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1523 |
Connelly and Kertis 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1531 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1532 |
Teensma 1981 |
|
|
17,294 |
|
|
Connelly and Kertis 1992 |
|
|
|
|
1535 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1567 |
Shea 1963: 4 |
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1585 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1500-1599 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Connelly and Kertis |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Shea |
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1629 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1637 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1655 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1666 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1689 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1699 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1600-1699 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1720 |
Weyerhaeuser 1947 |
|
|
|
|
1737 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1751 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1763 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1765 |
Weyerhaeuser 1947 |
|
|
90,000 |
|
1794 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1700-1799 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
4 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Weyerhaeuser |
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1826 |
Douglas |
|
Yes |
|
|
McLeod |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
1828 |
McLeod |
|
Yes |
|
|
Smith |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1832 |
Work |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1841 |
Wilkes |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1844 |
Applegate |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1845 |
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
1,502,368 |
|
|
Morris 1934: 319 |
|
Yes |
380,00 |
|
1846 |
Morris |
|
|
|
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 33 |
|
Yes |
450,000 |
|
1848 |
Albert 1848: 1 |
|
Yes |
|
|
Ballou 2002: 67 |
300,000 |
|
|
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
375,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
Talbot |
|
|
|
|
1849 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
Morris 1934: 322 |
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
Talbot |
|
|
|
|
Smith 1910 |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1852 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1853 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
480,000 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
321,230 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 33 |
|
|
320,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1868 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
126,021 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 33 |
|
|
300,000+ |
|
|
Philips 1988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1871 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1881 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1888 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1800-1899 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Ballou |
|
|
1,880,000 |
|
4 |
Chen |
|
|
2,325,211 |
|
4 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Kirkpatrick |
|
|
1,070,000+ |
|
3 |
Morris |
|
Yes |
1,005,000+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1902 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
170,000 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
170,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1910 |
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
NO |
YES |
50,556 |
|
1914 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
147 |
1,107 |
145,971 |
|
1915 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
85 |
1,170 |
109,404 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
109,404 |
|
1917 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
177 |
1,468 |
98,956 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
257,768 |
|
1918 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
139 |
813 |
184,063 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
163,062 |
|
1919 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
181 |
963 |
143,463 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
139,095 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1910-1919 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
Ballou 2002 |
729 |
5,521 |
681,857 |
|
4 |
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
669,329 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1920 |
Impara 1997: 212 |
|
|
|
|
1922 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
95 |
1,312 |
178,530 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
143,090 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
NO |
YES |
8,108 |
|
1924 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
311 |
1,577 |
252,251 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
240,251 |
|
1926 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
150 |
996 |
207,745 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
207,745 |
|
1928 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
154 |
913 |
103,907 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
103,907 |
|
1929 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
117 |
1,355 |
298,235 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
298,235 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
|
|
13,994 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1920-1929 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
5 |
Ballou |
827 |
6,153 |
1,040,668 |
|
5 |
Forest Log |
|
|
993,228 |
|
1 |
Impara |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Kirkpatrick |
YES |
YES |
22,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1931 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
85 |
1,536 |
188,494 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
175,494 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
|
|
5,104 |
|
1932 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
87 |
1,601 |
333,376 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994: 7 |
|
|
334,374 |
|
1933 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
239 |
943 |
340,855 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
261,926 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
340,855 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
|
|
267,000 |
|
1936 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
139 |
1,265 |
225,083 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
225,083 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
|
|
5,536 |
|
1938 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
188 |
957 |
79,738 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994: 7 |
|
|
79,738 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 35 |
|
|
11,456 |
|
1939 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
294 |
965 |
308,827 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
217,448 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994: 7 |
|
|
302,049 |
|
|
Kirkpatrick 1940: 36 |
|
|
1,758 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1931-1939 |
Lightning |
People |
Acres |
|
6 |
Ballou |
1,092 |
7,267 |
1,476,373 |
|
6 |
Forest Log |
|
|
1,457,593 |
|
5 |
Kirkpatrick |
|
|
290,694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1945 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
333 |
532 |
253,134 |
|
|
Chen 1997: 4 |
|
|
180,523 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
122,362 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1951 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
104 |
850 |
125,666 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
125,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1987 |
Ballou 2002: 77 |
605 |
976 |
88,907 |
|
|
Forest Log 1994 |
|
|
91,441 |
|
|
Coyle 2002 |
26 |
17 |
88,311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
118,000 |
|
|
Coyle 2002 |
9 |
4 |
188,548 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
Coyle 2002 |
4 |
8 |
109,968 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
Ballou 2002: 67 |
|
|
499,570 |