Oregon officials released a map this summer that offered a detailed look at the dangers of wildfire across the state — right down to the tax lot and property level. Then they withdrew it.

Oregon has 1.8 million tax lots, and each has been placed into one of the three hazard categories. The map is so detailed that in some cases, two neighbors may be in different categories.

The revised plan will be implemented in collaboration with OSU’s College of Forestry, the Oregon State Fire Marshal and the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The wildfire risk map ...

SALEM, Ore. — After getting feedback from thousands of Oregonians, state officials have withdrawn a map that identified the approximate wildfire risk for every corner of Oregon. The process ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s new wildfire risk map was pulled after pushback from residents, who say state agencies didn’t consider the consequences of the map before its release.

Last year Oregon set a record for acres burned at just under 2 million acres, mostly in the grasslands of eastern Oregon. The 2020 Labor Day Fires blowup was the most destructive in state history ...

“So, weather, climate and topography, are not something that you can change as a landowner, a property-owner or at a property tax lot level,” said Derek Gasperini from the Oregon Department of ...

In August of 2022 the map was temporarily pulled. Senate Bill 80, passed in the 2023 Oregon legislative session outlines changes that ODF is required to make to the map before it goes public again.

The exhibition with his work also features descriptions of interactions between Oregon’s environment and its residents. The project will be featured at the downtown museum through Nov. 25.

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