Brewer Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 44.589, -120.907.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Madras

Size

70,821 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

15 Miles E from MADRAS, OR

County

Jefferson County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

DOF

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

1,111

Incident management

Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$18,126,785

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OR951S-000433

IRWIN identifier

CCEFD7D4-FEBD-496D-855E-CA0C9944BF0C

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 17, 2026 (5,000 acres) to August 4, 2026 (70,821 acres). The largest one-day growth was 32,812 acres, mapped July 27, 2026.

• Wind up to 6 mph from the northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 24%
• High of 80°F

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

Full forecast for Madras, 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, 12:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Madras, OR11 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Culver, OR16 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Prineville, OR20 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, OR21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Redmond, OR25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin