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Bank Failure

Heritage Bank

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Closed April 29, 1983 · Ashland, OR · FDIC Cert #22808.

Closing date
April 29, 1983
Headquarters
Ashland, OR
FDIC Certificate
22808
Total assets at closing
$18.5M
Total deposits at closing
$16.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$4.5M
Insurance fund
FDIC insurance fund
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)
Acquirer
Valley of the Rogue Bank

Context

On April 29, 1983, regulators closed Heritage Bank, headquartered in Ashland, OR. At closing, the institution held approximately $18.5M in assets and $16.3M in deposits. The FDIC record names Valley of the Rogue Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution. The estimated cost to the FDIC insurance fund was approximately $4.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 2398th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 33rd of 50 in 1983. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.

Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did Heritage Bank fail?

Heritage Bank was closed by regulators on April 29, 1983.

Who acquired Heritage Bank?

The FDIC record names Valley of the Rogue Bank as the acquiring institution in the resolution of Heritage Bank.

How big was Heritage Bank when it failed?

Heritage Bank had approximately $18.5M in total assets and $16.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1983

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 16, 1983 The Bank of Red Oak Red Oak, OK $11.1M
Dec 13, 1983 Bank of Hackleburg Hackleburg, AL $6.5M
Dec 9, 1983 Union Trust Company San Juan, PR $30.6M
Dec 2, 1983 Metro FS&LA Lake Charles, LA $27.4M
Nov 25, 1983 Atkinson Trust & Savings Bank Atkinson, IL $21.1M
Nov 11, 1983 First Nat BK of Browning Browning, MT $13.7M
Nov 3, 1983 State of Clovis, Sa Clovis, NM $30.9M
Oct 28, 1983 Cleveland Community Savings Co. Cleveland, OH $21.0M