# BEAR CREEK VALLEY BANK

> **Failed bank** · PHOENIX, OR · failed 1983-03-25 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $5M

## What happened

BEAR CREEK VALLEY BANK of PHOENIX, OR was closed by regulators on **1983-03-25**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **VALLEY OF THE ROGUE BANK** (ROGUE RIVER, OR). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 767
- **FDIC Certificate:** 23043
- **FDIC FIN:** 2340
- **Bank name:** BEAR CREEK VALLEY BANK
- **Location:** PHOENIX, OR
- **Failure date:** 1983-03-25
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1983-03-25
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $5M
- **Deposits at failure:** $11M
- **Assets at failure:** $14M
- **Acquiring bank:** VALLEY OF THE ROGUE BANK (ROGUE RIVER, OR)

## Other banks VALLEY OF THE ROGUE BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- HERITAGE BANK (ASHLAND, OR) — failed 1983-04-29 — /failed-bank/776

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=BEAR%20CREEK%20VALLEY%20BANK

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, BEAR CREEK VALLEY BANK (FDIC ID 767), failed 1983-03-25. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/767.

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