Austin Fire (Oregon)
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🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 25 Miles SE from Estacada, OR
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 655
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across 12,610 acres of federal land overseen by the USFS, the active Austin Fire near Estacada, Oregon, has been on the landscape for 28 days since its human-caused start on August 9, 2026. Located 25 miles southeast of Estacada in Clackamas County, the incident is currently managed by a Complex Incident Management Team as a Type 1 Incident, with 655 personnel assigned to the effort. Over its nearly month-long duration, the fire has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 450 acres per day, though current fire behavior is now characterized as minimal, creeping, and smoldering in two-foot brush.
Containment on the Austin Fire has reached 19 percent, supported by suppression efforts that have brought total costs to $27,500,000. This fire occurs within a broader regional context where the typical fire season spans from June to October. Nationally, the wildfire picture in 2026 shows 3,178,795 hectares burned so far, a figure that sits 42 percent below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 28 days. So far it has affected roughly 12,610 acres — about 51 km². Crews have contained 19% of the perimeter, but most of the fire line is still open.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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