Austin Fire

Active

Clackamas County, Oregon · Discovered August 9, 2026

12,884 acres
Size
98%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
546
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 15 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 15 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Austin Fire

Winding down
Wind
4 mph NW
Air quality · Good
AQI 8

The Austin Fire fire has burned 12,884 acres in Clackamas County, Oregon. Crews have reached 98% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 4 mph toward the NW, with gusts to 5 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 8). 546 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Latest official update

August 14, 2026

The Austin Fire is located on the Clackamas River Ranger District. It was reported Sunday, August 9, 2026. It is being managed by the Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 10, along with the Grasshopper Fire.

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Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Firefighting aircraft on scene (N715HT)

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

  2. Containment rose to 98%

    8 days ago · September 18, 2026

  3. Containment rose to 87%

    9 days ago · September 17, 2026

  4. Containment rose to 77%

    10 days ago · September 16, 2026

  5. Containment rose to 67%

    11 days ago · September 15, 2026

  6. New perimeter mapped at 12,866 acres (national perimeter feed)

    11 days ago · September 15, 2026

  7. Containment rose to 60%

    12 days ago · September 14, 2026

  8. Containment rose to 54%

    14 days ago · September 12, 2026

  9. Containment rose to 34%

    16 days ago · September 10, 2026

  10. Grew 102 acres in 25 hours to 12,824 acres

    16 days ago · September 10, 2026

  11. Grew 112 acres in 7 days to 12,722 acres

    17 days ago · September 9, 2026

  12. Containment rose to 19%

    22 days ago · September 3, 2026

  13. Containment rose to 8%

    23 days ago · September 3, 2026

  14. Grew 928 acres in 23 hours to 12,610 acres

    24 days ago · September 2, 2026

  15. Grew 974 acres in 25 hours to 11,682 acres

    25 days ago · September 1, 2026

  16. Grew 447 acres in 25 hours to 10,708 acres

    26 days ago · August 31, 2026

  17. Grew 216 acres in 23 hours to 10,261 acres

    27 days ago · August 30, 2026

  18. Grew 808 acres in 23 hours to 10,045 acres

    28 days ago · August 29, 2026

  19. Grew 456 acres in 25 hours to 9,237 acres

    29 days ago · August 28, 2026

  20. Grew 1,387 acres in 23 hours to 8,781 acres

    30 days ago · August 27, 2026

  21. Grew 1,774 acres in 24 hours to 7,394 acres

    31 days ago · August 26, 2026

  22. Grew 325 acres in 24 hours to 5,620 acres

    32 days ago · August 25, 2026

  23. Grew 487 acres in 24 hours to 5,295 acres

    33 days ago · August 24, 2026

  24. Grew 316 acres in 24 hours to 4,808 acres

    34 days ago · August 23, 2026

  25. Grew 726 acres in 23 hours to 4,492 acres

    35 days ago · August 22, 2026

  26. Grew 522 acres in 25 hours to 3,766 acres

    36 days ago · August 21, 2026

  27. Grew 343 acres in 24 hours to 3,244 acres

    37 days ago · August 20, 2026

  28. Grew 248 acres in 35 hours to 2,901 acres

    38 days ago · August 19, 2026

  29. Grew 1,223 acres in 46 hours to 2,653 acres

    39 days ago · August 17, 2026

  30. Mapped size revised down to 1,430 acres (from 2,016)

    41 days ago · August 15, 2026

  31. Grew 216 acres in 24 hours to 2,016 acres

    42 days ago · August 15, 2026

  32. Official update: ORMHF Austin Fire

    43 days ago · August 14, 2026

  33. Grew 370 acres in 12 hours to 1,800 acres

    43 days ago · August 14, 2026

  34. Grew 230 acres in 15 hours to 1,430 acres

    43 days ago · August 13, 2026

  35. Grew 200 acres in 24 hours to 1,200 acres

    44 days ago · August 13, 2026

  36. Grew 290 acres in 11 hours to 1,000 acres

    45 days ago · August 12, 2026

  37. Fire first reported in official feeds at 710 acres

    46 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/22/2026, 10:58:48 PM12,884 acres98%
9/20/2026, 12:24:24 AM12,882 acres98%
9/18/2026, 11:04:23 PM12,886 acres98%
9/18/2026, 1:09:37 AM12,866 acres98%
9/17/2026, 3:01:47 AM12,881 acres87%
9/16/2026, 3:16:16 AM12,844 acres77%
9/15/2026, 3:06:03 AM12,887 acres67%
9/14/2026, 2:55:55 AM12,879 acres60%
9/13/2026, 3:38:02 AM12,881 acres56%
9/12/2026, 3:52:25 AM12,873 acres54%
9/11/2026, 4:17:18 AM12,831 acres36%
9/10/2026, 3:31:29 AM12,824 acres34%
9/9/2026, 2:46:27 AM12,722 acres22%
9/8/2026, 4:11:41 AM12,610 acres22%
9/5/2026, 11:27:44 PM12,610 acres19%
9/5/2026, 12:57:37 AM12,610 acres21%
9/3/2026, 11:54:20 PM12,610 acres19%
9/3/2026, 1:05:28 AM12,610 acres8%
9/2/2026, 2:19:33 AM12,610 acres0%
9/1/2026, 2:57:19 AM11,682 acres0%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

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