Austin Fire
The Austin Fire was reported on August 9, 2026 in Clackamas County, Oregon and has burned 12,882 acres. It is 98 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 12,882 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2026
- Personnel
- 603
Map
Perimeter mapped September 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM PDT, 12,882 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 45.025, -121.945.
The incident
- Size
- 12,882 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 25 Miles SE from Estacada, OR
- County
- Clackamas County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Estacada
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 603
- Incident management
- Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,729,213
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORMHF-000863
- IRWIN identifier
- 49D1FB0B-74D1-4A95-B8DF-066DCC5F06E1
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 10, 2026 (719 acres) to September 19, 2026 (12,882 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,773 acres, mapped August 25, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2026 | 719 | |
| August 13, 2026 | 1,527 | +808 |
| August 14, 2026 | 2,016 | +489 |
| August 15, 2026 | 2,016 | 0 |
| August 16, 2026 | 2,678 | +662 |
| August 18, 2026 | 3,244 | +566 |
| August 19, 2026 | 3,244 | 0 |
| August 20, 2026 | 3,766 | +522 |
| August 21, 2026 | 4,469 | +703 |
| August 22, 2026 | 5,295 | +826 |
| August 23, 2026 | 5,620 | +325 |
| August 24, 2026 | 5,620 | 0 |
| August 25, 2026 | 7,393 | +1,773 |
| August 26, 2026 | 8,781 | +1,388 |
| August 27, 2026 | 9,239 | +458 |
| August 28, 2026 | 10,045 | +806 |
| August 29, 2026 | 10,257 | +212 |
| August 30, 2026 | 10,713 | +456 |
| August 31, 2026 | 11,682 | +969 |
| September 1, 2026 | 12,610 | +928 |
| September 2, 2026 | 12,612 | +2 |
| September 3, 2026 | 12,611 | -1 |
| September 4, 2026 | 12,599 | -12 |
| September 6, 2026 | 12,595 | -4 |
| September 8, 2026 | 12,722 | +127 |
| September 9, 2026 | 12,824 | +102 |
| September 10, 2026 | 12,831 | +7 |
| September 11, 2026 | 12,873 | +42 |
| September 12, 2026 | 12,881 | +8 |
| September 13, 2026 | 12,877 | -4 |
| September 14, 2026 | 12,877 | 0 |
| September 15, 2026 | 12,869 | -8 |
| September 16, 2026 | 12,880 | +11 |
| September 17, 2026 | 12,882 | +2 |
| September 19, 2026 | 12,882 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 2 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 31%
- High of 84°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 8:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
From the incident team
Posted on InciWeb, updated September 20, 2026.
The Austin Fire is located on the Clackamas River Ranger District. It was reported Sunday, August 9, 2026. It is being managed by the Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 10, along with the Grasshopper Fire.
Nearby
- Mount Hood Village, OR23 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Estacada, OR26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sandy, OR30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Molalla, OR32 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Mill City, OR32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mulino, OR34 miles northwest 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 September 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORMHF-000863.