Awatchfire

Jefferson County, Oregon

Bench Fire

Burning 9.1 miles west of Metolius and 9.6 miles west of Madras, since Thursday 23 July.

Map of Oregon. The Bench Fire burns 40 miles from Bend and 84 miles from Salem, and 84 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 40 miles from Bend and 84 miles from Salem.

67,071

acres burned so far — about 105 square miles

36

days burning so far

90%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Bench Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 67,071 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.

36 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.

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.