Austin Fire

Active

Clackamas County, Oregon · Discovered August 9, 2026

12,888 acres
Size
98%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
7
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 26 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 26 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Austin Fire

Winding down
Wind
2 mph W
Air quality · Moderate
AQI 54

The Austin Fire fire has burned 12,888 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 2 mph toward the W, with gusts to 4 mph. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 54). 7 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Austin Fire size over time

51 official size readings

Grew from 710 to 13K acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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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)

    49 days ago · September 22, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 98%

    54 days ago · September 18, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 87%

    55 days ago · September 17, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 77%

    56 days ago · September 16, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 67%

    57 days ago · September 15, 2026
  6. New perimeter mapped at 12,866 acres (national perimeter feed)

    57 days ago · September 15, 2026
  7. Containment rose to 60%

    58 days ago · September 14, 2026
  8. Containment rose to 54%

    60 days ago · September 12, 2026
  9. Containment rose to 34%

    62 days ago · September 10, 2026
  10. Grew 102 acres in 25 hours to 12,824 acres

    62 days ago · September 10, 2026
  11. Grew 112 acres in 7 days to 12,722 acres

    63 days ago · September 9, 2026
  12. Containment rose to 19%

    68 days ago · September 3, 2026
  13. Containment rose to 8%

    69 days ago · September 3, 2026
  14. Grew 928 acres in 23 hours to 12,610 acres

    70 days ago · September 2, 2026
  15. Grew 974 acres in 25 hours to 11,682 acres

    71 days ago · September 1, 2026
  16. Grew 447 acres in 25 hours to 10,708 acres

    72 days ago · August 31, 2026
  17. Grew 216 acres in 23 hours to 10,261 acres

    73 days ago · August 30, 2026
  18. Grew 808 acres in 23 hours to 10,045 acres

    74 days ago · August 29, 2026
  19. Grew 456 acres in 25 hours to 9,237 acres

    75 days ago · August 28, 2026
  20. Grew 1,387 acres in 23 hours to 8,781 acres

    76 days ago · August 27, 2026
  21. Grew 1,774 acres in 24 hours to 7,394 acres

    77 days ago · August 26, 2026
  22. Grew 325 acres in 24 hours to 5,620 acres

    78 days ago · August 25, 2026
  23. Grew 487 acres in 24 hours to 5,295 acres

    79 days ago · August 24, 2026
  24. Grew 316 acres in 24 hours to 4,808 acres

    80 days ago · August 23, 2026
  25. Grew 726 acres in 23 hours to 4,492 acres

    81 days ago · August 22, 2026
  26. Grew 522 acres in 25 hours to 3,766 acres

    81 days ago · August 21, 2026
  27. Grew 343 acres in 24 hours to 3,244 acres

    83 days ago · August 20, 2026
  28. Grew 248 acres in 35 hours to 2,901 acres

    84 days ago · August 19, 2026
  29. Grew 1,223 acres in 46 hours to 2,653 acres

    85 days ago · August 17, 2026
  30. Mapped size revised down to 1,430 acres (from 2,016)

    87 days ago · August 15, 2026
  31. Grew 216 acres in 24 hours to 2,016 acres

    88 days ago · August 15, 2026
  32. Grew 370 acres in 12 hours to 1,800 acres

    89 days ago · August 14, 2026
  33. Grew 230 acres in 15 hours to 1,430 acres

    89 days ago · August 13, 2026
  34. Grew 200 acres in 24 hours to 1,200 acres

    90 days ago · August 13, 2026
  35. Grew 290 acres in 11 hours to 1,000 acres

    91 days ago · August 12, 2026
  36. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 710 acres

    91 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/12/2026, 1:26:07 AM12,888 acres98%
10/12/2026, 1:06:07 AM12,888 acres97%
10/12/2026, 12:56:07 AM12,888 acres99%
10/1/2026, 12:29:35 AM12,888 acres98%
9/29/2026, 11:52:40 PM12,889 acres98%
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%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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