October 2017 Northern California wildfires
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October. Twenty-one became major fires that burned at least 245,000 acres (99,148 ha).
Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite picture, October 9
The wildfires caused severe air quality problems around the Bay Area.
Aerial view of smoke from the 2017 fires in Napa and Sonoma Counties, California, on October 12 from near the south end of Lake Berryessa, nearest to the Atlas fire and looking toward the Nuns fire. Point Reyes is visible in the distance.
Aerial view of smoke from the Tubbs and Pocket fires, with the north end of Lake Berryessa, October 12
Napa County is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,019. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Lake County in 1861.
Image: Napa Valley welcome sign
Image: Bale Mill, CA 128, St. Helena, CA 10 22 2011 11 47 42 AM
Image: Calistoga from mt st helena
Young vineyard in the valley with Mount Saint Helena in the background