Definitions. As used in this section and ORS 477.025

ORS 477.015 — under Chapter 477.

ORS 477.015

(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]