Jefferson County, Oregon
Burning 9.1 miles west of Metolius and 9.6 miles west of Madras, since Thursday 23 July.
4,000
acres burned so far — about 6 square miles
83
days burning so far
90%
of the perimeter held
The official record as of 9:09am today
The Bench Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 4,000 acres in Jefferson County, Oregon. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.
90% held
90% of the perimeter is being reported as held.
146people
are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.
Undetermined
The cause has not yet been determined.
83 days
on record — first written down on Thursday 23 July at 3:06pm local time, starting at 0 acres.
Type 3 Incident
is the incident-management level assigned to it.
44.632, -121.350lat, lon
is the official point of origin on the interagency record.
Conditions measured 13.0 miles from the fire: 45°F, air at 77% humidity, a 0 mph wind out of the east.
Six other fires are burning inside the same view. Beachcomb Fire started 179 minutes after this one, 5.1 miles north-west, and has reached 13,648 acres with 75 people assigned. 0658 Round Butte Fire started on Saturday 1 August, 6.5 miles east, and has reached 1,163 acres with 16 people assigned. Ece Fire started on Friday 4 September, 9.2 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Shitike 2 Fire started on Sunday 6 September, 9.8 miles north, and has reached 0 acres. George St Fire started on Monday 5 October, 10.6 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. River Fire started on Sunday 27 September, 11.6 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Their heat is counted against them, not against this fire, and the pale rings on the map mark where they are recorded.
Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground once so far. The thickest of it was thin between 8:00am and 10:00am local time. The last of those windows closed 143 hours ago, so what is overhead now is not known.
No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.
Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.
Thursday 23 July
First reported
Sunday 23 August
67,071 acres on record — 90% contained, 146 personnel assigned
67,071 ac · 90% held · 146 crewTuesday 8 September
Revised to 4,000 acres
4,000 ac · 90% held · 146 crew