Breezy northerly winds with low humidity and dry fuel brought critical fire conditions. Wind gusts ranged from 40 to 50 mph in the Central Valley.
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 STO wrote it up.
Breezy northerly winds with low humidity and dry fuel brought critical fire conditions. Wind gusts ranged from 40 to 50 mph in the Central Valley. These enhanced the development of the Wind Complex, which included the Cascade, Lobo, McCourtney and LaPorte wildfires. Other fires include the Atlas, Sulphur, Cherokee, and Honey wildfires.
3 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Atlas Fire Fire burned 51,624 acres in Napa and Solano counties, with 481 structures destroyed and 90 damaged.|Wind gusts were up to 49 mph at Travis AFB, 48 mph at Vacaville Nt Airport.
The Wind Fire Complex included the Cascade, LaPorte, Lobo, and McCourtney fires.|Total acreage of the Wind Complex was 17,037 acres. There was 1 injury and 4 fatalities. There were 398 structures destroyed, 203 residences, 194 outbuildings & 1 commercial structure. There were 16 structures destroyed, 6 residences & 10 outbuildings.|Wind gusts were up to 46 mph at Oroville Dam, 41 mph at Chico Airport, 39 mph|3 miles SSW Paradise.
The Sulphur Fire was part of the Mendicino Lake Fire Complex. It started on|October 8, 2017, burned 2,207 acres, and was contained on October 27, 2017.|Approximately 169 buildings (residences, outbuildings and commercial buildings) were|destroyed or damaged. The fire burned in watersheds that drain directly to Clear Lake or to much smaller Borax Lake. Clear Lake supplies municipal water for several communities.|Wind gusts were up to 63 mph 8 miles ENE Hidden Valley Lake, 50 mph 1 mile SSE Wilbur Springs, 45 mph 5 miles E Talmage.
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, Central Sacramento Valley | 2017-10-08 | 77 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
| Wildfire, Central Sacramento Valley | 2017-10-08 | 76 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
| Wildfire, Central Sacramento Valley | 2017-10-08 | 53 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
| Wildfire, Central Sacramento Valley | 2017-10-08 | 78 | Male | 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: 725590, 725589, 725731.