With smoke advisories extended and evacuation orders still in place, damage inspectors are assessing whether homes or buildings have been lost.

The declaration allows the county to utilize state and federal resources for emergency response, recovery, damage mitigation and reimbursement for extra costs due to the wildfire.

As an army of firefighters gradually boxes in the Pickett Fire, Napa County officials are looking ahead at the environmental effects the largest local wildfire in five years may leave behind – on its land and in its water.