Atlas Fire

Wildfire in Napa and Solano counties, October 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7751/atlas-fire-2017

Key facts

Started October 8, 2017
Contained November 1, 2017, after 24 days
Burned 51,625 acres
7th largest fire of 2017
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 774 destroyed, 113 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Napa County 45,222 acres
  2. Solano County 6,396 acres

Communities

  1. Silverado Resort 685 acres
  2. Green Valley 466 acres
  3. Moskowite Corner 326 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 774
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 10
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 21
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 82

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1952 Lake Marie Fire 297 acres shared
  2. 1953 B. Hickey Fire 671 acres in total 421 acres shared
  3. 1953 State Highway 37 #3 Fire 605 acres shared
  4. 1957 State Hwy 128 #1 Fire 278 acres shared
  5. 1957 State Hwy 37 #1 Fire 249 acres shared
  6. 1959 C. Kuhn Fire 1,816 acres in total 505 acres shared
  7. 1959 R. Wilson Fire 3,504 acres in total 867 acres shared
  8. 1960 Napa Soda Springs Fire 2,245 acres shared
  9. 1960 C. Fosberg #2 Fire 3,797 acres in total 3,684 acres shared
  10. 1961 E. Proctor Fire 876 acres shared
  11. 1961 Leoma Lakes Fire 245 acres shared
  12. 1961 Roadside #32 Fire 569 acres shared
  13. 1964 Roadside #22 Fire 539 acres shared
  14. 1964 Roadside #42 Fire 8,957 acres in total 8,478 acres shared
  15. 1968 Stags Lake Fire 560 acres shared
  16. 1981 Atlas Peak Fire 33,606 acres in total · Cause: Arson 24,752 acres shared
  17. 1982 Steele Canyon Fire 523 acres in total · Cause: Arson 514 acres shared
  18. 2008 Wild Fire 4,097 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10,907 acres shared
  2. 2022 Old Fire 376 acres shared

And 12 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Atlas Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data