Forest fires

D-16 Rogue River National Forest, "Acres Burned, Timber Destroyed and Fire Causes - Annual Figures," compiled by 1960s Forest Supervisor Carroll Brown and subsequent compilers, Medford, Oregon (15+p). These notes duplicate some of the material in volume 2 of the Forest History. The file includes newspaper articles from recent fire seasons. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

D-2 Crater National Forest "Annual Fire Reports, 1911 and 1915" E-Statistics, Medford, Oregon (68p). Gives causes, acres, and timber volumes burned. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

D-12 Assistant District Forester, "Comments on 1925 Fire Plan," O-Supervision, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon (15p). Details deficiencies in fire suppression on the Crater NF and relates the events of several fires in the Prospect Ranger District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

D-3 "District Fire Plans," by Martin L. Erickson, FPlans, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (37p). The document provides general types and severity of fire hazard by District, provides information on local fire attitudes, and makes recommendations for additional lookouts and telephone lines. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

E-14 The report "Ecological Survey of Brush Areas on Applegate Division, Crater National Forest 1916-1917 and Effect of Brush Burning Upon Forage"

D-6 Crater National Forest "Fire History," O-Fire, Medford, Oregon (20p). The document details acres burned since 1910, fire causes, ecterea by District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

D-8 "The Fire Lookout System on the Crater National Forest," by Harold D. Foster, RS-Reports (Annual Technical Report), Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (94p). An extensive report dealing with the improvement needs of then-existing lookouts, recommendations for additional lookouts, and describes present and projected guard patrols of various areas. Documents include many photographs from lookout points. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Fire Management. The D files are a collection of documents specifically related to the problems and issues of forest fire management, including control plans, studies, suppression and prevention efforts, acres burned, fire causes, etcetera. The files also provide a fire history. Similar material that does not deal solely or mainly with fires can be found in the A and O files.

D-19 "Fire Plan," by Hugh B. Rankin, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (30p). A Forest-wide plan for the prevention, reporting, and suppression of fires. The document provides a 13-year history of fire, fire suppression personnel, and equipment by specific duty stations and dispatching procedures. [RR-SNF/SOUHL]

D-31 Rogue River National Forest "Fire Suppression Plan," Medford, Oregon (49p). [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]