Oregon wildfires

Lookout Fire

ContainedLane County, Oregon2023Wildfire

The Lookout Fire was reported on August 5, 2023 in Lane County, Oregon and burned 25,754 acres. It was fully contained on October 10, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.

Size
25,754 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
August 5, 2023
Personnel
107

Map

Perimeter mapped September 22, 2023 at 9:09 PM PDT, 25,754 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.222, -122.146.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Sisters

The incident

Size
25,754 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 5, 2023 at 5:14 PM PDT
Contained
October 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM PDT
Cause
Natural
Location
4 miles northeast of McKenzie Bridge
County
Lane County
State
Oregon
Nearest city reported
McKenzie Bridge
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Personnel assigned
107
Incident management
Type 2 Team, Type 4 Incident
Primary fuel
Timber (Litter and Understory)
Estimated cost to date
$86,700,000
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2023-ORWIF-230327
IRWIN identifier
A744D6E2-59F8-44D1-A629-985CAB25DD95

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 9, 2023 (15 acres) to October 7, 2023 (25,754 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,679 acres, mapped August 25, 2023.

DayAcresChange
August 9, 202315
August 10, 202318+3
August 13, 20231,202+1,184
August 14, 20232,720+1,518
August 15, 20233,710+990
August 16, 20234,271+561
August 17, 20235,472+1,201
August 18, 20238,609+3,137
August 19, 20239,874+1,265
August 20, 202311,174+1,300
August 21, 202312,188+1,014
August 22, 202313,206+1,018
August 23, 202314,286+1,080
August 24, 202315,209+923
August 25, 202318,888+3,679
August 26, 202319,979+1,091
August 27, 202321,603+1,624
August 28, 202322,292+689
August 29, 202322,317+25
August 30, 202324,340+2,023
August 31, 202324,575+235
September 1, 202324,625+50
September 2, 202324,558-67
September 3, 202324,391-167
September 4, 202324,374-17
September 5, 202324,404+30
September 6, 202324,417+13
September 7, 202324,442+25
September 8, 202324,457+15
September 9, 202324,468+11
September 10, 202324,517+49
September 11, 202324,548+31
September 12, 202324,596+48
September 13, 202324,610+14
September 14, 202324,644+34
September 15, 202324,692+48
September 16, 202324,843+151
September 17, 202325,174+331
September 18, 202325,467+293
September 20, 202325,640+173
September 21, 202325,659+19
September 22, 202325,665+6
September 23, 202325,751+86
October 7, 202325,754+3

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sisters, OR covers the area today.

Nearby

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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-ORWIF-230327.