Tubbs Fire

Wildfire in Sonoma and Napa counties, October 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7759/tubbs-fire-2017

Key facts

Started October 8, 2017
Contained November 1, 2017, after 24 days
Burned 36,702 acres
10th largest fire of 2017
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 5,656 destroyed, 293 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Sonoma County 31,920 acres
  2. Napa County 4,779 acres

Communities

  1. Santa Rosa 2,823 acres
  2. Larkfield-Wikiup 1,654 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 5,656
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 32
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 75
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 186

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. 1939 Unnamed fire 212 acres shared
  2. 1960 Morrison Fire 538 acres in total 420 acres shared
  3. 1964 C. Hanly Fire 55,961 acres in total 30,361 acres shared
  4. 1965 P.g.& E.#10 Fire 13,172 acres in total 1,580 acres shared
  5. 1982 Silverado Fire 6,219 acres in total 3,738 acres shared
  6. 1996 Porter Creek Fire 536 acres shared
  7. 2004 Oceguera Fire 20 acres shared
  8. 2007 Mountain Fire 49 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Kincade Fire 77,762 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 3,550 acres shared
  2. 2020 Creek Fire Cause: Equipment use 1 acre shared
  3. 2020 Ursuline Fire 12 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 11 acres shared
  4. 2020 Glass Fire 67,484 acres in total 10 acres shared
  5. 2021 West Fire 3 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Tubbs 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