Austin Fire

Clackamas County, Oregon · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 22, 2026 (1 day ago)

First reported about 6 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	12,882 acres Sep 22, 5:00 PM	12,884 acres Sep 23, 6:00 PM +2 acres was 12,882 acres · Sep 22, 5:00 PM	+2 acres in 1 day
Containment	87% Sep 17, 8:00 PM	98% Sep 23, 6:00 PM +11 percent was 87% · Sep 17, 8:00 PM	+11 percent in 6 days
Crew size	617 Sep 22, 5:00 PM	611 Sep 23, 6:00 PM −6 was 617 · Sep 22, 5:00 PM	−6 in 1 day
Money spent	$53.9M Sep 22, 5:00 PM	$54.5M Sep 23, 6:00 PM +$606,630 was $53.9M · Sep 22, 5:00 PM	+$606,630 in 1 day

Austin Fire summary

The Austin Fire is a wildfire near Clackamas County, Oregon. It has burned about 12,884 acres (about 10,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 98% of its edge; the other 2% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 6 weeks ago. About 611 people are on it, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size: 12,884 acres
Containment: 98%
Discovered: August 9, 2026 (first reported about 6 weeks ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

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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 a specific fire will do.

	Day	Night
This Afternoon	64°F · Partly Sunny Wind 3 mph NW · 1% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry	43°F · Partly Cloudy Wind 2 mph NE · 3% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
Thursday	71°F · Mostly Cloudy Wind 0 to 3 mph S · 6% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry	45°F · Rain Wind 2 to 9 mph SW · 85% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely
Friday	49°F · Light Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 99% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely	—

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:02 p.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

26° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

Fallen leaves and needles (TL5)

A heavy layer of pine needles with some light slash or dead wood. Fire moves slow, with short flames.

75% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

2,368 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Thursday, September 10th at 3:50 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 611 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. The government rates it a Type 2 Incident. About $55 million has been spent on it so far.

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