Editing Cave Junction, Oregon (section)

=== Forest fires ===
A number of [[wildfire]]s have threatened Cave Junction over the years. The Longwood Fire in 1987, part of the {{convert|150000|acre|ha|adj=on}} Silver Fire complex, was ignited by [[lightning]] strikes following a three-year drought.  Numerous residents of Cave Junction evacuated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS/708300367/-1/rss01 |title=Fire from the sky changed everything |access-date=2007-09-29 |last=Fattig |first=Paul |date=2007-08-30 |work=[[Mail Tribune]] |location=Medford, Oregon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161206/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070830%2FNEWS%2F708300367%2F-1%2Frss01 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2002, the Florence and Sour Biscuit fires converged, creating the [[Biscuit Fire]].  This fire threatened Cave Junction, [[Kerby, Oregon|Kerby]], [[Selma, Oregon|Selma]] and a number of Northern California communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=17257 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040901085546/http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=17257 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 1, 2004 |title=Biggest blaze in US merges with smaller Oregon fire |access-date=2007-09-29 |publisher=Planet Ark}}</ref>  Ultimately, the Biscuit Fire lasted 120 days, burned {{convert|499965|acre|ha}} in southern Oregon and northern California, and destroyed four homes and nine outbuildings in the Cave Junction area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2004/2004-01-12-01.asp |title=Salvage Logging on Big Oregon Burn Termed Radical |access-date=2007-09-29 |date=2004-01-12 |publisher=Environment News Service}}</ref>  In 2003, a wildfire destroyed a home in Cave Junction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2003/0713/local/stories/04local.htm |title=Fire danger: In a word, it's 'bad' |access-date=2007-09-29 |last=Fattig |first=Paul |date=2003-07-13 |work=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710063801/http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2003/0713/local/stories/04local.htm |archive-date=2012-07-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In 2004, a downed power line caused a fire that briefly threatened over 100 homes and forced 200 people to evacuate. One person died, apparently of stress related to the fire.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wildfire sweeps near Cave Junction, threatens homes |last=Parker |first=Jim |date=2004-08-04 |publisher=KGW}}</ref>

Labor Day of 2020 sparked hundreds of fires across the entire North American west coast, including the Slater fire, which swiftly moved north from Happy Camp overnight to the Illinois Valley. Wildland firefighters, experienced community members, and the inversion layer created by the intensity of smoke stopped the fire from moving much further. The nearby Devil fire and the Slater fire continued to burn through November 2020 but did not grow much at all or take with it any structures in the IV community.