The Thomas Fire burned more than 281,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties from early December 2017 into January 2018. Afterwards, winter storms caused debris flows that resulted a tragic loss of life and significant damage to infrastructure and changes to the ground conditions. After these events, Recovery Maps were developed so that communities and citizens make better informed decisions about rebuilding. Mapping hazards is vital for safe disaster recovery; it provides the data necessary for new construction and creates awareness of risk. As communities recover from the devastating effects of these recent events, it is important to recognize valuable lessons learned. Santa Barbara County plans to use the updated elevation information generated from this study to rebuild stronger, safer, and with reduced vulnerability to future disaster events. When making building elevation decisions, compare the effective FIRM to the new Recovery Map, and use the higher elevation and wider high-hazard area. Property and business owners should consult with their local building official to fully understand how this new data can be used to support rebuilding efforts. The Recovery Maps do not impact rating for flood Insurance.

The Thomas Fire burned more than 281,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties from early December 2017 into January 2018. Afterwards, winter storms caused debris flows that resulted a tragic loss of life and significant damage to infrastructure and changes to the ground conditions. After these events, Recovery Maps were developed so that communities and citizens make better informed decisions about rebuilding. Mapping hazards is vital for safe disaster recovery; it provides the data necessary for new construction and creates awareness of risk. As communities recover from the devastating effects of these recent events, it is important to recognize valuable lessons learned. Santa Barbara County plans to use the updated elevation information generated from this study to rebuild stronger, safer, and with reduced vulnerability to future disaster events. When making building elevation decisions, compare the effective FIRM to the new Recovery Map, and use the higher elevation and wider high-hazard area. Property and business owners should consult with their local building official to fully understand how this new data can be used to support rebuilding efforts. The Recovery Maps do not impact rating for flood Insurance.

October 2017 California Wildfire recovery mapping. Supporting data for the Resilient City Recovery Maps (https://arcg.is/1mKyKK)Note: The datasets RC Recovery Progress_Shared & RC Building Permits_Shared are both views of the same table, the tabular data between these items are identical. The difference between them can be found in the layer map symbology and attribute pop-up settingsThis spatial table reflects building permit information for the construction of new dwelling units "rolled up" into each distinct parcel. Data aggregates the building permit record data for into each distinct parcel by a joining the Assessor's Parcel Number (APN). Where a parcel has more than one building permit record, the building permit data for the most significant dwelling unit is written first (e.g. a Single Family Dwelling (SFD) record would be written before an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) permit. Unit counts are a cumulative total of all of the permitted units associated with a parcel.Be aware the data is not intended to reflect the status/progress/unit counts for each distinct building permit record.Data Item type is "Feature Layer (hosted, view)"Background Information on the October 2017 WildfireRebuildingInformation related to rebuilding homes and businesses affected by the fires is located on the City's Rebuilding site. Additional information related to rebuild progress can be viewed via the Resilient City Recovery Maps. Resilient City AreasTo provide a streamlined permitting process for the recovery of properties destroyed by the fires, the City Council approved several ordinances modifying various requirements such as zoning and fees. One of those ordinances is Ordinance 2017-019 which created new "Resilient City" zoning districts. There are six Resilient City zoning areas and they are named by their general geographic neighborhoods: Coffey Park, Fountaingrove, Fountainview, MontecitoHeights, Oakmont, Hwy 101 Corridor. For simplicity in metrics reporting, "Fountaingrove Area" includes Fountainview, Montecito Heights, and the Hwy 101 Corridor. Residential DestructionOn October 8, 2017 over the course of just thirty minutes, a series of small wildfires fueled by high winds merged into six massive fires in Northern California. The most destructive of those fires was the Tubbs Fire which crossed into Santa Rosa city limits in the early hours of October 9. The Tubbs Fire destroyed homes throughout Santa Rosa’s hillsides, jumped Highway 101, and swept into suburban residential areas at an unprecedented rate. The Nuns Fire, which began October 8, became the largest of the wine country fires, and also caused impact to the City of Santa Rosa. The significant level of devastation caused to homes within the city limits can be found in the City’s Summary of Residential Destruction. 2017 Wildfire IncidentThe City of Santa Rosa commissioned an independent After-Action Report to review the events and actions around the October 2017 Wildfires. The focus of the report highlights the response to the Tubbs and other fires, which caused unprecedented devastation in Santa Rosa. Additional information about the October 2017 wildfires can be found at CAL FIRE 2017 October Fire Siege Reporting. Data AccessibilityAll data reported within these metrics is available for viewing and download via the Santa Rosa Open Data portal

October 2017 California Wildfire recovery mapping. Supporting data for the Resilient City Recovery Maps (https://arcg.is/1mKyKK)This non-spatial table reflects current rebuild & building permit information for the construction of new structures in the fire burn area. This data table is intended to enable a user to query and analyze the status/progress/unit counts for each distinct building permit record. Please review the Data Dictionary as described below.Each row in this table represents a distinct site address associated with a Building Permit Record, not a distinct Building Permit Record.Where a building permit is associated with more than 1 (one) site address, that permit will appear in this table more than once (meaning the same distinct permit being listed as more than one row) . This can lead to erroneous results when performing mathematical analysis on this permit data.The data contained in this data set is also available in a version where the data has been "rolled up" such that each distinct record/row in the table represents a distinct parcel. That data can be found in the tables named RC Recovery Progress_Shared & RC Building Permits_Shared, those spatial tables can be retrieved via the City's Open Data site: https://data-santarosa.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=PEDA Data Dictionary with detailed information on the structure of this table is available. That item is named Data Dictionary For "RC PermitsByAddress" Table and it can be retrieved via the City's Open Data site: https://data-santarosa.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=PEDBackground Information on the October 2017 WildfireRebuildingInformation related to rebuilding homes and businesses affected by the fires is located on the City's Rebuilding site. Additional information related to rebuild progress can be viewed via the Resilient City Recovery Maps. Resilient City AreasTo provide a streamlined permitting process for the recovery of properties destroyed by the fires, the City Council approved several ordinances modifying various requirements such as zoning and fees. One of those ordinances is Ordinance 2017-019 which created new "Resilient City" zoning districts. There are six Resilient City zoning areas and they are named by their general geographic neighborhoods: Coffey Park, Fountaingrove, Fountainview, MontecitoHeights, Oakmont, Hwy 101 Corridor. For simplicity in metrics reporting, "Fountaingrove Area" includes Fountainview, Montecito Heights, and the Hwy 101 Corridor. Residential DestructionOn October 8, 2017 over the course of just thirty minutes, a series of small wildfires fueled by high winds merged into six massive fires in Northern California. The most destructive of those fires was the Tubbs Fire which crossed into Santa Rosa city limits in the early hours of October 9. The Tubbs Fire destroyed homes throughout Santa Rosa’s hillsides, jumped Highway 101, and swept into suburban residential areas at an unprecedented rate. The Nuns Fire, which began October 8, became the largest of the wine country fires, and also caused impact to the City of Santa Rosa. The significant level of devastation caused to homes within the city limits can be found in the City’s Summary of Residential Destruction. 2017 Wildfire IncidentThe City of Santa Rosa commissioned an independent After-Action Report to review the events and actions around the October 2017 Wildfires. The focus of the report highlights the response to the Tubbs and other fires, which caused unprecedented devastation in Santa Rosa. Additional information about the October 2017 wildfires can be found at CAL FIRE 2017 October Fire Siege Reporting. Data AccessibilityAll data reported within these metrics is available for viewing and download via the Santa Rosa Open Data portal

Map of pine creek debris flow response. This map shows three areas of road work. One for complete rebuild (in orange), one for debris removal (in purple), and one for minor road maintenance (in green). The work shifts along the road path marking sections going from minor maintenance, complete rebuild, and debris removal.The Moose Fire burned over 130,000 acres on the Salmon-Challis National Forest in 2022. This fire perimeter (in red) is derived from infrared data that was collected on October 25, 2022.