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stunning number of Oregon towns.
From the Santiam Canyon to Southern
Oregon, the Oregon Coast to the Clacka-
mas River, few places on the state's west
side were spared.
A big difference was that in the past,
Oregon's largest wildfires stayed mostly
in the forest or remote grassland. This
year, fires roared into towns or ignited
nearby, whipped up on high winds and
bone dry fuels that left little time for de-
fense.
Ballou said the only apt historical
analogy for this year's fires came 80
years ago. In 1936, a wildfire fueled by
high east winds roared into the South
Coast town of Bandon, destroying the
town and killing 10 people.
“It’s not like the winds we saw on
Sept. 7 and 8 were unprecedented —
they’ve occurred a few times in our his-
tory and they’re going to come again,”
Ballou said.
A 2020 or 1936 style disaster typically
requires a handful of ingredients: dry
fuels, extended drought, extreme winds
and ignition sources. And the problem,
Ballou said, is that the ingredients for
that perfect storm are happening more
often.
“Unfortunately, we’re probably look-
ing at the future,” he said. “Until we take
meaningful action, this is going to keep
happening.”
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In this Aug. 17, 2002, file photo, a Sikorsky 61 helicopter prepares to refuel in Agness, Ore., as a column of smoke rises from
the Biscuit Fire. JOHN GRESS / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homes destroyed
by wildfire
Rising occurrence of giant
wildfires
2020: 4,009
Terrible wildfires are nothing new in
Oregon’s history, whether it’s the Ban-
don example or the Tillamook Burns of
1933 to 1951.
The largest wildfires in state history
are actually believed to have taken place
in the 1800s. The Silverton Fire of 1865 is
listed as Oregon's largest at 988,000
acres. A number of other fires apparent-
ly reached 400,000 to 800,000 acres in
those early days.
The era of giant fires largely came to
an end with the creation of the Forest
Service and Oregon Department of For-
estry, which brought almost a century of
aggressive suppression.
Over the decades, that's led to an ex-
treme buildup of fuels in the forest that,
combined with rising temperatures, led
to the return of megafires in Oregon be-
ginning with the 2002 Biscuit (500,000
acres) in Southern Oregon and B&B
Complex (90,000 acres) on Santiam
Pass.
"It was a wake-up call," Oregon State
University forestry professor John Bai-
ley told the Statesman Journal in 2019.
"It was that ‘ah-ha’ moment, showing us
that past management policies and cli-
mate change would make these types of
fires more common.”
That’s exactly how it has worked out.
In the decade before Biscuit and B&B
— from 1992 to 2001 — Oregon wildfires
burned an average of 198,000 acres per
year, according to the NWCC. In the
years between 2002 and 2017, that num-
ber jumped to an average of 433,541
2018: 14
RESTAURANT
INSPECTIONS
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Dairy Queen
Location: 3255 Lancaster
Drive NE, Salem
Date: Oct. 7
Score: 97
Priority violations
h Food-contact surfaces
are not clean, specifi-
cally: Piercing edge of
the can opener observed
with buildup. Point de-
duction: 3.
Dede's
Location: 5757 Commer-
cial St. SE #106, Salem
Date: Oct. 5 (reinspected
Oct. 6)
Score: 91
Oct. 5: Priority violations
h Temperature mea-
suring devices are not
provided or readily ac-
cessible for checking
food temperatures, spe-
cifically: Unable to locate
food probe thermometer.
Point deduction: 3.
h A test kit is not provid-
ed or is not accurate
enough to measure the
concentration of sanitiz-
ing solutions, specifically:
Unable to locate chlorine
test strips for dish ma-
chine. Point deduction:
3.
h Working containers of
poisonous or toxic ma-
terials are not clearly
labeled, specifically:
Observed unlabelled
spray bottle containing
AF79 concentrate disin-
fectant. Point deduction:
3.
Oct. 6: No priority vio-
2019: 2
2017: 16
2016: 1
2015: 60
acres burned each year.
From 2012 to 2020, the average
jumps to 650,000 acres burned per year.
And the fires have become increas-
ingly dangerous. While Oregon was
sparsely populated back in the 1800s,
the situation has changed, with Ore-
gon's fast-growing population pushing
into the wildland urban interface.
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Oregon had a number of very close
calls in the past five years. The Chetco
Bar Fire in 2017 came within a few miles
and a shift in the weather of burning
into Brookings, with a population of al-
most 8,000 people. The Eagle Creek
Fire, also in 2017, trapped 150 hikers and
shut down I-84 while threatening Cas-
cade Locks.
Numerous large fires ignited and
burned for weeks in Southern Oregon in
2018, but with a big wind event, it could
have been far worse.
In other words, the ingredients for a
2020-style blowup have been around
numerous times in recent years. And
there’s a good chance they will return in
Augusts and Septembers to come.
“If we keep doing what we’re doing,
lations
Domino's
Location: 772 Main St.,
Dallas
Date: Oct. 7
Score: 100
No priority violations
El Grullense
Location: 3081 Portland
Road NE, Salem
Date: Oct. 1
Score: 100
No priority violations
Fiesta Pizza
Location: 1950 Lancaster
Drive NE, Suite 131, Sa-
lem
Date: Sept. 23 (rein-
spected Oct. 6)
Score: 97
Sept. 23: Priority vio-
lations
h Food-contact surfaces
are not clean, specifi-
cally: Vent hood above
pizza oven soiled with
grease and dust build up.
Point deduction: 3.
Oct. 6: No priority vio-
lations
Firehouse Subs
Location: 5930 Ulali Drive
NE, Keizer
Date: Oct. 7
Score: 100
No priority violations
Gold Dragon
Location: 4645 Commer-
cial St. SE, Salem
Date: Sept. 21 (reinspect-
ed Oct. 1)
Score: 97
Sept. 21: Priority vio-
lations
h Food-contact surfaces
are not clean, specifi-
cally: Meat slicer and
vegetable slicer are
soiled with encrusted
food debris. Point de-
duction: 3.
Oct. 1: No priority vio-
lations
Holiday Inn Express &
Suites Hotel
Location: 6150 Keizer
Station Blvd. NE, Keizer
Date: Oct. 5
Score: 100
No priority violations
Independent Ice
Cream
Location: 226 S Main St.,
Independence
Date: Oct. 2
Score: 100
No priority violations
Jimmy John's
Location: 601 Lancaster
Drive NE, Salem
Date: Oct. 2
Score: 100
No priority violations
Kenny's Kitchen
Location: 612 1st St.,
Silverton (mobile unit)
Date: Oct. 3
Score: 92
Priority violations
h Potentially hazardous
food is not maintained at
proper hot or cold hold-
ing temperatures, specif-
ically: Chicken measuring
121°F in warming unit.
Point deduction: 5.
h Hand towels or a hand
drying device is not pro-
vided at the handwash-
ing sink, specifically: No
paper towels at hand-
wash sink in mobile at
start of inspection. Point
deduction: 3.
La Espiga Bakery
Location: 183 S Main St.,
Jefferson
Date: Sept. 23 (rein-
The Archie Creek Fire throws up a major smoke column northeast of Roseburg on
Sept. 12, 2020. US FOREST SERVICE
we’re going to keep seeing big fires and
the possibility of more small Oregon
towns being heavily damaged,” Ballou
said. “There are a lot of places in Oregon
that wouldn’t take long for a wildfire to
simply erase from the map.”
Zach Urness has been an outdoors re-
spected Oct. 1)
Score: 81
Sept. 23: Priority vio-
lations
h Potentially hazardous
food is not maintained at
proper hot or cold hold-
ing temperatures, specif-
ically: Prep table in kitch-
en holding at 48°F. Diced
tomatoes measured tem-
perature at 47°F. Point
deduction: 5.
h Refrigerated, ready-to-
eat, potentially hazard-
ous food has not been
consumed within the
required time period or is
not properly date-
marked, specifically:
Machaca dated Sept. 13
in upright refrigerator.
Point deduction: 5.
h Incorrect methods are
used to cool potentially
hazardous foods, specifi-
cally: Observed large
covered and stacked
containers of asada and
chicken that were main-
taining temperature at
68°F and 70°F respec-
tively. Point deduction:
3.
h A pest management
plan has not been devel-
oped or approved for
unprotected outer open-
ings, specifically: Observ-
ed numerous flies in the
kitchen and restaurant.
Back door is left open
with minimal screen cov-
erage for ventilation
purposes. Point deduc-
tion: 3.
h Hand towels or a hand
drying device is not pro-
vided at the handwash-
ing sink, specifically:
Paper towels not avail-
able at handwashing
station. Point deduction:
3.
porter, photographer and videographer
in Oregon for 12 years. Urness is the au-
thor of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon”
and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can
be reached at zurness@StatesmanJour-
nal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on
Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.
Oct. 1: No priority vio-
lations
McDonald's
Location: 3025 Lancaster
Drive NE #1784, Salem
Date: Oct. 7
Score: 100
No priority violations
Original Roadhouse
Grill
Location: 481 Lancaster
Drive NE, Salem
Date: Sept. 24 (rein-
spected Oct. 1)
Score: 82
Sept. 24: Priority vio-
lations
h Potentially hazardous
food is not maintained at
proper hot or cold hold-
ing temperatures, specif-
ically: Sliced cheese,
cooked beef and raw
ground beef 54°F at left
side; ribs 48°F, bacon
wrapped steak 46°F, raw
beef 46°F at the center;
and sliced cheese, shrimp
46°F and raw fish 45°F at
the right section of the
raw meat reach-in refrig-
erator. Boiled eggs
stacked high measured
49°F at the salad refriger-
ator. Point deduction: 5.
h (REPEAT) The chlorine
sanitizer concentration,
pH, or temperature is not
adequate, specifically: No
chlorine residual mea-
sured at the bar washer.
Chlorine residual mea-
sured about 10 PPM at
the kitchen dish washer.
Point deduction: 10.
h Food-contact surfaces
are not clean, specifi-
cally: Old tomato buildup
on tomato slicer and
dicer. Blade of the can
opener has dried buildup.
Point deduction: 3.
Oct. 1: No priority vio-
lations
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