Pocket Fire

Wildfire in Sonoma County, October 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7756/pocket-fire-2017

Key facts

Started October 8, 2017
Contained November 1, 2017, after 24 days
Burned 17,359 acres
21st largest fire of 2017
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Sonoma County 17,351 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 6
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 1

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. 1949 Unnamed fire 880 acres in total 771 acres shared
  2. 1965 Pocket Ranch Fire 4,816 acres in total 3,640 acres shared
  3. 1965 Delaittre Fire 421 acres in total 356 acres shared
  4. 1988 Unnamed fire 11,380 acres in total 8,979 acres shared
  5. 1988 Geysers Series Fire 353 acres in total 61 acres shared
  6. 1999 Pg&E #22 Fire 1,407 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 348 acres shared
  7. 2004 Geysers Fire 170 acres in total · Cause: Arson 168 acres shared
  8. 2008 Geysers Fire 290 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 245 acres shared
  9. 2013 Mccabe Fire 3,506 acres in total 364 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Kincade Fire 77,762 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 4,627 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pocket 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