The Oregon coast is undeniably alluring. Sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and outcroppings. Waterfalls, water spouts, sand dunes.

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps ...

A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University breaks the state up into areas with low, moderate and high risk of wildfire. In northwest Oregon ...

Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps of wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 106,000 tax lots are in high-risk spots that could be subject to new ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the ...

PHOTOS: New luxury hotel proposed for Oregon Coast property with $3 million view The state-developed maps — which will not affect homeowners’ insurance rates, under Oregon law — create new ...

Two federal agencies oversee more than 32 million acres in the state, an area larger than the state of Kentucky, and federal ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

The maps were developed by Oregon State University and ODF with three primary goals: Educate Oregon residents and property owners about the level of hazard where they live. Assist in prioritizing ...

Oregon homeowners who live in certain areas at high risk of wildfire must now meet new building and so-called defensible space codes ...