Oregon wildfires

Austin Fire

ActiveClackamas County, Oregon2026Wildfire

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.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Mount Hood Village

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.

DayAcresChange
August 10, 2026719
August 13, 20261,527+808
August 14, 20262,016+489
August 15, 20262,0160
August 16, 20262,678+662
August 18, 20263,244+566
August 19, 20263,2440
August 20, 20263,766+522
August 21, 20264,469+703
August 22, 20265,295+826
August 23, 20265,620+325
August 24, 20265,6200
August 25, 20267,393+1,773
August 26, 20268,781+1,388
August 27, 20269,239+458
August 28, 202610,045+806
August 29, 202610,257+212
August 30, 202610,713+456
August 31, 202611,682+969
September 1, 202612,610+928
September 2, 202612,612+2
September 3, 202612,611-1
September 4, 202612,599-12
September 6, 202612,595-4
September 8, 202612,722+127
September 9, 202612,824+102
September 10, 202612,831+7
September 11, 202612,873+42
September 12, 202612,881+8
September 13, 202612,877-4
September 14, 202612,8770
September 15, 202612,869-8
September 16, 202612,880+11
September 17, 202612,882+2
September 19, 202612,8820

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.

Full forecast for Mount Hood Village, OR

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.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

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.

Original at InciWeb

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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.