Castle Fire

Douglas County, Oregon · Wildfire

Contained Official numbers updated Sep 3, 2026 (2 days ago)
First reported about 6 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
3,615 acres
Sep 6, 3:00 AM
+2 acres
was 3,613 acres · Aug 15, 8:01 PM
Containment
100%
Sep 6, 3:00 AM
+3 percent
was 97% · Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Crew size
114
Sep 6, 3:00 AM
+31
was 83 · Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Money spent
$23.6M
Sep 6, 3:00 AM
+$1.1M
was $22.6M · Aug 15, 8:01 PM

Castle Fire and other nearby fires

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Castle Fire summary

The Castle Fire is a wildfire near Douglas County, Oregon. It has burned about 3,615 acres (about 3,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 6 weeks ago. About 114 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
3,615 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
July 23, 2026 (first reported about 6 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, September 6th at 3:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Overnight

47°F · Light Rain Likely

Wind 1 mph W · 66% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Sunday

57°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 mph NNE · 80% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Sunday Night

44°F · Chance Light Rain then Partly Cloudy

Wind 3 mph NE · 36% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Labor Day

68°F · Sunny

Wind 1 to 7 mph NW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Monday Night

47°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 1 to 7 mph NE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, September 6th at 3:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 114 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $24 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Castle Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 8 other active fires, closest first:

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