Damage Report · Greater Sacramento, California · September 2026

Sacramento Fire & Water Damage Report: September 2026

September 2026 brought 282 damage incidents across Greater Sacramento (Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, and El Dorado counties). The area averaged 9 incidents per day over 30 days. The busiest day was September 28 with 15 incidents.

At a glance

  • 282Damage incidents tracked in September 2026
  • ~9/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 134Structure fires
  • 72%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 134134Residential firesResidential fires: 7777Commercial firesCommercial fires: 7070Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 11
Verified incidents by type, Greater Sacramento, September 2026.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 80 incidents (28%)28%Medium damage: 122 incidents (43%)43%High damage: 80 incidents (28%)28%
Low · 80 incidentsMedium · 122 incidentsHigh · 80 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Sacramento, September 2026.

Busiest cities

SacramentoSacramento: 147147N HighlandsN Highlands: 1515RocklinRocklin: 1212RosevilleRoseville: 99Elk GroveElk Grove: 99CarmichaelCarmichael: 88
Incidents by city, top 6, September 2026.

Peak day: September 28 (15 incidents). Counties covered: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado.

What stood out

  • Labor Day fell on Monday, September 7, limiting weekday capacity in Sacramento and the suburban ring as Sacramento recorded 147 incidents across the four counties.
  • Sacramento led the area with 147 incidents, accounting for 52 percent of the total and drawing most of the month's callouts across Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, and El Dorado.
  • Medium or high damage estimates appeared in 202 incidents, driving longer restorations in Rocklin and Roseville and increasing resource needs across the suburban centers.

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