Bench Fire

Perimeter mapped August 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM PDT, 67,071 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.632, -121.350.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Metolius

Size

67,071 acres

Containment

90%

Discovered

July 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

4 Miles S from Warm Springs, OR

County

Jefferson County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Warm Springs

Protecting agency

BIA

Jurisdiction

BIA

Land ownership at origin

BIA

Personnel assigned

146

Incident management

Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$22,843,716

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORWSA-000100

IRWIN identifier

FE1DE2B9-6B86-4BCE-8400-A59019BB7932

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 24, 2026 (1,165 acres) to August 8, 2026 (67,071 acres). The largest one-day growth was 34,095 acres, mapped July 26, 2026.

• Wind up to 7 mph from the northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 26%
• High of 81°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Metolius, OR

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.

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 0.6 µg/m³ around Sun, 4:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Metolius, OR9 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Culver, OR10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, OR10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Madras, OR11 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Sisters, OR26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin