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Damage Report · Greater Sacramento, California · October 2026

Sacramento Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Greater Sacramento (Sacramento, Roseville, and Auburn, and the surrounding Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, and El Dorado county communities) logged 396 damage incidents in October 2026, roughly 13 a day, with October 18 the busiest day at 29.

At a glance

  • 396Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~13/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 176Structure fires
  • 29Incidents on October 18, the month's peak day

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 176176Residential firesResidential fires: 119119Commercial firesCommercial fires: 100100Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 11
Verified incidents by type, Greater Sacramento, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 165165Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 3131MultifamilyMultifamily: 3030RetailRetail: 2929Other commercialOther commercial: 2727OfficesOffices: 1414InstitutionalInstitutional: 1313Other residentialOther residential: 1010Hotels & lodgingHotels & lodging: 77IndustrialIndustrial: 77OtherOther: 6363
Incidents by property type, Greater Sacramento, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 91% of incidents. Multifamily covers 2 to 4 unit buildings plus multifamily buildings whose unit count is not on record; Other includes properties not yet classified.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 151 incidents (38%)38%Medium damage: 155 incidents (39%)39%High damage: 90 incidents (23%)23%
Low · 151 incidentsMedium · 155 incidentsHigh · 90 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Sacramento, October 2026.

Busiest cities

SacramentoSacramento: 168168RosevilleRoseville: 2121AuburnAuburn: 1616West SacramentoWest Sacramento: 1515N HighlandsN Highlands: 1313Citrus HeightsCitrus Heights: 1313
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 18 (29 incidents). Counties covered: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado.

What stood out

  • October 18 was the busiest day of the month for Greater Sacramento: 29 incidents, more than double the daily average of 13.
  • Volume was up 40% from September 2026, when Greater Sacramento logged 282 incidents.
  • Sacramento led the territory with 168 incidents (42% of the month), followed by Roseville (21) and Auburn (16).

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Greater Sacramento throughout October 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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