Damage Report · Greater Sacramento, California · August 2026

Sacramento Fire Damage Report: August 2026

Greater Sacramento (Sacramento, Roseville, and West Sacramento, and the surrounding Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, and El Dorado county communities) logged 342 damage incidents in August 2026, roughly 11 a day, with August 11 the busiest day at 21.

At a glance

  • 342Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
  • ~11/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 201Structure fires
  • 63%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 201201Residential firesResidential fires: 7777Commercial firesCommercial fires: 6464
Verified incidents by type, Greater Sacramento, August 2026.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 127 incidents (37%)37%Medium damage: 140 incidents (41%)41%High damage: 75 incidents (22%)22%
Low · 127 incidentsMedium · 140 incidentsHigh · 75 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Sacramento, August 2026.

Busiest cities

SacramentoSacramento: 138138RosevilleRoseville: 1616West SacramentoWest Sacramento: 1515Citrus HeightsCitrus Heights: 1313Elk GroveElk Grove: 1313FolsomFolsom: 1111
Incidents by city, top 6, August 2026.

Peak day: August 11 (21 incidents). Counties covered: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado.

What stood out

  • August 11 was the busiest day of the month for Greater Sacramento: 21 incidents, well above the daily average of 11.
  • Sacramento led the territory with 138 incidents (40% of the month), followed by Roseville (16) and West Sacramento (15).
  • 215 of Greater Sacramento's 342 incidents (63%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 7 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Greater Sacramento throughout August 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.

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