Petes Lake Fire
The Petes Lake Fire was reported on August 25, 2023 in Lane County, Oregon and burned 3,254 acres. It was declared out on January 3, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,254 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2023
- Personnel
- 4
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 43.968, -121.910.
The incident
- Size
- 3,254 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- January 3, 2024 at 9:14 AM PST
- Declared out
- January 3, 2024 at 9:14 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Within the Three Sisters Wilderness. West of Bend, OR approximately 25 miles.
- County
- Lane County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-ORWIF-230409
- IRWIN identifier
- B4361260-2C9A-40BB-BEA8-D92B96122CB1
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 28, 2023 (38 acres) to September 20, 2023 (3,144 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,703 acres, mapped September 16, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2023 | 38 | |
| August 29, 2023 | 288 | +250 |
| August 30, 2023 | 385 | +97 |
| August 31, 2023 | 318 | -67 |
| September 3, 2023 | 320 | +2 |
| September 5, 2023 | 328 | +8 |
| September 7, 2023 | 329 | +1 |
| September 13, 2023 | 355 | +26 |
| September 15, 2023 | 355 | 0 |
| September 16, 2023 | 2,058 | +1,703 |
| September 17, 2023 | 2,550 | +492 |
| September 18, 2023 | 3,086 | +536 |
| September 19, 2023 | 3,086 | 0 |
| September 20, 2023 | 3,144 | +58 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sunriver, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sunriver, OR24 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, OR24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Deschutes River Woods, OR28 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Sisters, OR29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- La Pine, OR29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bend, OR30 miles east of the fire’s origin
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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 2:05 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-ORWIF-230409.