Wildfire, Lane
- When
- August 13, 3:30 AM PST to August 31, 11:55 PM PST
- Where
- Lane County, 6 mi N of Oakridge
- Coordinates
- 43.942, -122.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oregon, August 13 to 31, 1996
On the morning of August 13th lightning triggered 37 forest fires in the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge, Oregon. These fires, known as the South Zone Complex, burned 3700 acres and smoldered for 4 weeks before being declared out on September 9.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
On the morning of August 13th lightning triggered 37 forest fires in the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge, Oregon. These fires, known as the South Zone Complex, burned 3700 acres and smoldered for 4 weeks before being declared out on September 9.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, August 13, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, August 13 to 15, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, August 13 to 14, 1996
- Flood in North Carolina, August 13 to 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- Strong Wind in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5572320.