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This Oregon lake town rebuilt after devastating wildfires. At what cost?
This Oregon lake town rebuilt after devastating wildfires. At what cost?
This Oregon lake town rebuilt after devastating wildfires. At what cost?

Published on: 11/19/2025

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The average Detroit home is now several hundred square feet larger than in 2020, when Oregon's historic wildfires ripped through the Santiam Canyon. Photographed Nov. 10, 2025.A view down main thoroughfare Detroit Avenue, which is in the midst of an ongoing rebuild five years after Oregon's historic wildfires. Photographed Nov. 10, 2025.Spouses Nina (left) and Sammy Chung sit for a portrait on Nov. 10, 2025, outside the Lodge at Detroit Lake. Their family is rebuilding after the lodge along Detroit Avenue was caught in 2020 wildfires.The Chung family is rebuilding the Lodge at Detroit Lake, aiming to fully reopen by summer 2026 with hopes to rent out some rooms to workers because of Detroit's slim housing choices.Real estate remains for sale as the town of Detroit continues to recover from historic 2020 wildfires. AAs full-time residents have moved away, Detroit local Debra Bowman said she hardly sees as many neighbors as she used to when she goes to the post office on Detroit Avenue.Residents of Detroit continue to rebuild five years after Oregon's historic wildfires ripped through the Santiam Canyon. Photographed Nov. 10, 2025.The hillside neighborhood around Nancy Powell's Bear Grass Lodge has significantly rebuilt since historic 2020 wildfires. “We have seen our whole little neighborhood pop up like mushrooms,” Powell said.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing drawing down Detroit Lake, seen on Nov. 10, 2025, to even lower than typical levels starting in fall 2026, stoking concerns among locals about the reservoir's summer rebound in time for tourism season.The sign for the iconic Cedars Restaurant towers over an empty lot in Detroit on Nov. 10, 2025. The restaurant burned in the 2020 wildfires.A spurt of new growth in the Santiam Canyon five years after historic Oregon wildfires ripped through in 2020.Wildfire burn scars are now a common view around the Santiam Canyon, including from a Detroit marina at seasonally low water levels on Nov. 10, 2025.

DETROIT, Oregon — With a frustrated sweep of her hand, Michelle Warden glared from her front porch to a tidy row of new homes across the street, their driveways empty.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/11/this-oregon-lake-town-rebuilt-after-devastating-wildfires-at-what-cost.html

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