Pickett Fire could cost an estimated $65 million in damage

The Pickett Fire, which has burned just over 6,800 acres in Napa County, is estimated to have cost at least $65 million in agricultural losses as well, the county said Wednesday.

Figures from a Napa County Agricultural Damage Assessment Survey begun on Monday show reported damage to about 1,500 acres, or over 3 percent of Napa Valley's produce acreage, the county said.

Losses are estimated to impact growers, vintners and other agricultural producers. The majority of damage is to winegrapes and beehives.

According to the survey, 20 percent of ag producers reported fire or heat damage, with 80 percent reporting potential smoke impacts.

"The estimates will inform a damage assessment report," said the county in a Wednesday release, "which may help qualify the county and its agricultural pr