Round Butte Fire

Perimeter mapped August 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM PDT, 1,163 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.600, -121.225.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Metolius

Size

1,163 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

August 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM PDT

Cause

Human

Location

10 Miles W from Madras, OR

County

Jefferson County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

16

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$1,039,454

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OROCF-000658

IRWIN identifier

8020AC2E-5380-4E44-9079-06D3612D01DD

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 2, 2026 (1,086 acres) to August 8, 2026 (1,163 acres). The largest one-day growth was 73 acres, mapped August 8, 2026.

• Wind up to 8 mph from the north
• Relative humidity as low as 23%
• High of 82°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 0.4 µg/m³ around Tue, 2:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Metolius, OR2 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Culver, OR5 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Madras, OR5 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, OR11 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR17 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Redmond, OR23 miles south of the fire’s origin