Wildfire in Oregon, August 13 to 18, 1998

Name: Wildfire in Oregon, August 13 to 18, 1998
Start: 1998-08-13T12:00
End: 1998-08-18T20:00
Location: Oregon

August 13 to 18, 1998 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $100,000
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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Lane

When: August 13, 12:00 PM PST to August 18, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Lane County, Oakridge
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 43.942, -122.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An accidentally human-caused fire consumed 260 acres of timber on steep ridges along the North Fork of the Willamette River east of Road 19 near Huckleberry Flats in the High Prairie area. No injuries or significant property damage were attributed to what was known as the Gorge fire.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5664590.