Shortly before 4 pm Thursday, August 7, a vegetation fire was reported along Highway 58 near milepost 37, just east of the city of Oakridge and about 40 miles from Eugene-Springfield.

By 4:08 pm a “Go Now!” Level 3 evacuation order was issued for Dunning Road residents and Hwy 58 was soon shut down.

By about 5:30 pm, aircraft began dropping water and, later that night, the National Interagency Fire Center had dubbed it the Aubrey Mountain Fire. Such wildfires are often named for nearby geographic features.

Another well-known geographic feature within the boundaries of the evacuation zone is TV Butte — the site of a controversial proposed gravel quarry that has been the subject of a longtime battle between people concerned over environmental and quality of life issues from

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