Bench (OR)

Persistent incident record · Updated 2026-09-21T21:14:39.133Z

Bottom Line

Bench Fire, located ~4 miles south of Warm Springs, OR, is reported at 67,071 acres with 90% containment (≈6,700 acres uncontained) in the latest ArcGIS perimeter update. Majority of perimeter appears secured, but lack of public reporting on resources, evacuations, fire behavior, and weather leaves operational gaps for incident partners.

Current Situation

Single authoritative source (WFIGS ArcGIS perimeter) reports an active wildfire at 67,071 acres and 90% containment as of 2026-09-21. The incident remains listed as Active. The data provides incident name, discovery date, mapped acreage, containment percentage, coordinates, and last-update timestamp but does not include situational narrative, resource assignments, or public-safety actions.

Significant Changes

• ArcGIS perimeter update (WFIGS) on 2026-09-21 reporting 67,071 acres and 90% containment — this is the most recent operational data in the packet.

Operational Concerns

• Remaining uncontained area (~6,700 acres) represents the portion of perimeter still requiring control measures and presents potential for continued activity.
• Proximity to Warm Springs (≈4 miles) makes local community and infrastructure a primary operational consideration; no public evacuation or structure-status information is available in the provided source.
• No public information on current personnel/equipment assignments; lack of resource visibility impedes partner situational awareness and coordination.
• No public reporting of current fire behavior or recent activity; absence of these details increases uncertainty about near-term suppression risk.

Operational Outlook

Observed: As mapped, the incident is large but majority contained (90%), suggesting that significant portions of the perimeter are secured. Forecast/assessment: Given high containment, operations are likely focused on holding, mop-up, and patrol of remaining hot spots, but this is an analytical assessment based solely on containment percentage—official operational objectives and resource posture have not been published in the provided data.

Public Safety

Evacuations and closures: No evacuation orders, evacuation warnings, road closures, or area closures are reported in the provided ArcGIS source. Current evacuation status has not been publicly released in the packet.

Structure exposure: The provided source does not list any confirmed structure damage or identify structures currently threatened. Structure impact status has not been publicly released.

Fire Behavior and Weather

The ArcGIS perimeter dataset provides mapped extent and containment but does not include current fire behavior descriptions (rate of spread, active fronts, crown/ground fire, spotting). Fire behavior is not publicly reported in the packet.

No weather observations, forecasts, or incident weather impacts are included in the provided source. Weather-driven risk for the remaining uncontained area cannot be assessed from the packet.

Resources

Current personnel and equipment assignments have not been publicly released.

Intelligence Gaps

• Current resource assignments (IMT designation, engines, crews, aviation assets) are not provided.
• No public evacuation, road-closure, or public-safety action documentation in the packet.
• No official reports of structure damage, threatened structures, or critical infrastructure impacts.
• No contemporaneous fire-behavior reports (active fronts, spotting, rate of spread) are available.
• No weather observations or forecasts tied to the incident to assess containment risk for the remaining uncontained acreage.
• No updated perimeter or status later than 2026-09-21 in the provided sources to confirm current activity level.

Sources

• WFIGS Current Perimeters (ArcGIS) — Provided incident name, mapped acreage (67,071), percent contained (90%), discovery date, coordinates, short description (4 miles S of Warm Springs), and last-update timestamp (2026-09-21T21:14:39Z). No operational narrative, resource, or public-safety details were included.
  https://services3.arcgis.com/T4QMspbfLg3qTGWY/ArcGIS/rest/services/WFIGS_Interagency_Perimeters_Current/FeatureServer/0/query?where=attr_ActiveFireCandidate%3D1%20AND%20attr_IncidentSize%20%3E%3D%201000&outFields=attr_IncidentName,attr_IncidentSize,attr_PercentContained,attr_POOState,attr_ModifiedOnDateTime_dt,attr_FireDiscoveryDateTime,attr_IncidentTypeCategory,attr_ActiveFireCandidate,attr_InitialLatitude,attr_InitialLongitude,attr_UniqueFireIdentifier,attr_IrwinID,attr_IncidentShortDescription&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=100&orderByFields=attr_IncidentSize%20DESC&f=json

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