Fire In Detroit And N. Santiam Canyon

On Labor Day Sept. 7 strong hot dry winds fanned a forest fire through Breitenbush and the North Santiam Canyon burning many buildings. Breitenbush was forced to close and it's residents to evacuate quickly. Breitenbush and the road to it are still closed indefinitely until damages can be repaired. I was able to go on the property to get some possessions in early Dec. and took many photos. I am making 3 posts of them. One is what Breitenbush lost to the fire, one shows what survived and the third shows damage to Detroit and other areas.

 

The town of Detroit and the N. Santiam Canyon were hit hard by forest fire in Sept. Most of the commercial buildings and half of the homes in Detroit burned. Many people lost their cabins in the Summer Homes area and along the N. Santiam River.

 

some mountains around Detroit Lake burned

some areas did not burn

the gas station and marina by it burned

All Seasons Motel is gone

 

Mountain High store survived and hopes to open in March

Cedars restaraunt and bar didn't make it

   

 

 

half of the Lodge at Detroit Lake burned

 

the post office is still standing but not open yet

 City Hall and the fire station are gone

 

 

Kane's Marina burned

many trailers by Kane's Marina burned

the old hardware store, fire station, city hall buildings

 

the store at the far end of town

 

 

church not spared

 

 

homes gone

 

 

must be a good joke here

 

the new city park survived

 

 

the improvements at Detroit Flats also survived

lots of salvage logging happening in the 1st 3 miles from Detroit on Hwy 46

when will clear cutting stop being the norm?

along the road in

 

 

the last 7 miles of Hwy 46 before Breitenbush looks pretty good

 

 

at least the Breitenbush Campground escaped damage

What Survived The Fire

On Labor Day Sept. 7 strong hot dry winds fanned a forest fire through Breitenbush and the North Santiam Canyon burning many buildings. Breitenbush was forced to close and it's residents to evacuate quickly. Breitenbush and the road to it are still closed indefinitely until damages can be repaired. I was able to go on the property to get some possessions in early Dec. and took many photos. I am making 3 posts of them. One is what Breitenbush lost to the fire, one shows what survived and the third shows damage to Detroit and other areas.

 

 Other structures that survived include the powerhouse, filtration building, river yurt and the new reservoir (I believe the old reservoir did not survive). You can see many burned trees within a few feet of the Forest Shelter and Buddha's playhouse so it's impressive that they didn't burn. Much credit to the firefighters who stayed on land to preserve what they could!!

the magic of the land is still intact (moon over Devils Ridge)

the views up- and down-stream from the footbridge are mostly the same

I saw two different families of deer

Garden Kitchen singed but still there

most staff housing except for A frames, Garden Cosmos, Paul, John S., Eric homes

Winken Blinken Nod, Pods and main street cabins OK

most of the foot bridge survived except half the deck burned and is now rebuilt

magic pool and fence is good

the Villa (I didn't see if the Bell Hotel was there)

meadow pools and most changing stations

the totem pole

the lodge, (imagine the water damage if the sprinkler system had to come on)

kids play structure

the sign made it but the path is hard to find now

the new outdoor showers survived but not the A row bathhouses

Buddha's Playhouse

the firehouse and odd structure behind it

Devils Hole and staircase OK

guest smoking shelter

the gatehouse

office/gift shop

Forest Shelter

staff tubs and shelter

the awesome sauna

guest tent platforms (not sure about summer hire platforms)

 

Lost To The Fire

 On Labor Day Sept. 7 strong hot dry winds fanned a forest fire through Breitenbush and the North Santiam Canyon burning many buildings. Breitenbush was forced to close and it's residents to evacuate quickly. Breitenbush and the road to it are still closed indefinitely until damages can be repaired. I was able to go on the property to get some possessions in early Dec. and took many photos. I am making 3 posts of them. One is what Breitenbush lost to the fire, one shows what survived and the third shows damage to Detroit and other areas.

 

some staff housing was lost mostly in one area (Garden Cosmos, Paul and John S. homes) and all the A frame cabins save one

one of the newest houses was lost

the new tiny home gone

Vista house

the Sanctuary

toward the Villa, no Sanctuary or recycle shed

some of the meadow pool shelters were damaged

the CAT storeroom and guest bench

All the guest cabins burned up leaving only metal parts

guest cabin area

guest cabin area

guest cabin area

guest cabin area, trees burned 50 feet up

trees away from the guest cabins only burned close to the ground

one snowplow out of commission

the boneyard

the electric truck?

what's left of Wally World

the systems team new trailer gone

the backup generator (and generators) shed gone

back gate to the boneyard

end of the Kobota

the very solid wood bench to the left of Jamshed's headstone