Strong downslope winds combined with a hot dry airmass resulted in extreme fire behavior. It is speculated that above normal winter rains yielded abundant fuels that became primed for rapid intense fire spread by late summer and early fall.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EKA wrote it up.
Strong downslope winds combined with a hot dry airmass resulted in extreme fire behavior. It is speculated that above normal winter rains yielded abundant fuels that became primed for rapid intense fire spread by late summer and early fall.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Wildfire, Southeastern Mendocino Interior | 2017-10-08 | Unknown | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 2017
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 724178.