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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 477 - Fire Protection of Forests and Vegetation
Section 477.015 - Definitions.
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OR Rev Stat § 477.015 (2025)
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As used in this section and ORS 477.025:
(1) "Wildland" means:
(a) Forestland, as defined in ORS 477.001; or
(b) An unimproved area that contains enough unmanaged vegetation, at any time of the year, to constitute a fire hazard, in the judgment of the forester, regardless of how the area is zoned or taxed.
(2) "Wildland-urban interface" means a geographic area in which there is a concentration of dwellings in an urban or suburban setting near wildland. [1997 c.429 §§3,8; 2021 c.592 §31; 2025 c.590 §3]
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