Data updated September 6, 2026 · Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County Fire-Damaged Homes: Distressed Properties After A Structure Fire

64 Sonoma County properties have had a structure fire this year, the most direct distressed-property signal on record — #23 of California's 58 counties and 1.1% of the statewide total. Each one comes from the responding department's own incident report and is matched to the parcel it happened on. Fire-damaged homes rarely reach the MLS in the shape they are in: the insurance claim pays, the owner is living elsewhere, and the property sells as-is to an investor who can manage the rebuild — which makes this one of the most dependable lists a fix-and-flipper or wholesaler can work.

Firefighters at a California house with a garage fire at night: the house still standing
After the fire: the insurance claim pays out, the owner is living somewhere else, and the house sells as-is to an investor. These are the distressed properties this list tracks.
64
Fire-Damaged Properties In Sonoma County
#23 Of 58 Counties·1.1% Of California·Counted From County Records
A Properant property profile in Burbank, Los Angeles County: Street View, a Structure Fire badge beside Tax Delinquent, $2.45M equity, and the Distress card with the fire report — structural fire, major damage, February 2026
What a fire-damaged property looks like in Properant: a Burbank home with a structural fire in February (major damage), tax delinquent since 2024, sitting on 84% equity — the report beside the owner, the loans and the liens.

Sonoma County At A Glance

Sonoma County is home to about 485,642 people and is tracked parcel by parcel across every city and unincorporated community inside it. Across Sonoma County the platform is tracking 212 in pre-foreclosure, 163 under a notice of default and 49 with an auction date set.

The pressure is not spread evenly. Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sonoma and Windsor carry 73% of it between them, out of 33 communities in the county.

What's on Every Property Record

Every property shows the fire date, the type of fire, the department's damage rating, whether the building was occupied or vacant at the time, and the room it started in — beside the owner's record and mailing address, the open loans and liens, the equity position, and every other distress flag on the parcel. Layer the fire with equity, absentee ownership or tax delinquency and the list becomes the handful of owners who need an as-is offer this month

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many fire-damaged properties are there in Sonoma County?

Properant tracks 64 fire-damaged properties in Sonoma County as of September 6, 2026 — ranked #23 of California's 58 counties — counted from recorded county documents with releases and cancellations removed.

Why are fire-damaged properties in Sonoma County a fix-and-flip opportunity?

Because the seller's situation is unusually clear. After a fire the owner has an insurance settlement, a house they cannot live in, and a rebuild they usually do not want to run. A cash buyer who takes the property as-is solves that in one closing — so these homes sell off-market, at a discount, with a known scope of work. Flippers underwrite the rebuild against the street's after-repair values; wholesalers pair the property with a rehab buyer. The fire report on each profile tells you how bad it was and how recent, before you make the first call.

Can I download the Sonoma County list?

Yes. Inside Properant you can filter Sonoma County by city, equity, owner type, and every other signal, save the list, and export it — or upload your own list for matching and enrichment. The trial is free and requires no credit card.

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This page is one slice of it. Properant connects every parcel in California to its owner, open loans, liens and foreclosure stage — then scores and skip-traces the ones worth calling.

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