Sonoma Valley damage numbers released: 652 structures destroyed

Sonoma County officials has used their rapid evaluation safety assessment to determine that approximately 652 structures in Sonoma Valley were destroyed in the recent fires, and 1,121 structures were damaged.

This assessment includes the area north from Schellville to Kenwood and east of downtown Sonoma to the Napa County border.

Officials shared that it is not possible to determine at this time how many of these structures were homes versus ancillary buildings but they are working on that information and hope to release it in the days ahead, according to County spokesperson Scott Alonso.

A fire map detailing the red (destroyed) and yellow (damaged) structures in Sonoma Valley is available at: http://www.sonomanews.com/multimedia/7542511-181/see-where-the-houses-burned.

CalFire estimates that 294 acres burned in Sonoma Valley, or 28.5 percent of the total land in the Valley.

The Tubbs fire that killed at least 22 people as it burned through Santa Rosa last week now tops the list of the most destructive wildfires in California history, with more than twice the structure losses - at least 5,300, according to state figures - of the devastating 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which ranks second, according to Cal Fire.

Three other North Bay fires that swept through the region on the same morning, two of them in Sonoma County, also now have spots on Cal Fire's Top 20 list, which was updated Friday: The Nuns fire in Sonoma Valley, ranked No. 6; the Atlas fire in Napa Valley at No. 10; and the Redwood Valley in Mendocino County fire ranks 16th.

Altogether, at least 22 people died in the fires in Sonoma County and more than 6,800 structures - most of them homes - have been destroyed, according to estimates by the county and Santa Rosa.