POPE VALLEY, California - Even though the Bay Area has not yet reached the potential peak fire season, towns that experienced wildfires this year, have to be thinking about what comes next.

Next could very well be dirt and debris-laden water and mud.

New fire season concerns

What started just outside this town of Calistoga burned its way eight miles as the crow flies and the fire flowed to Pope Valley.

The Pickett Fire, that burned for 17 days, is out. In the process, it incinerated more than 6,800 acres, known as a burn scar.

The huge fire break that fire crews created to save some houses, did their job. But, since the whole tops of these mountains burned, these homes that were saved from fire, may not do so well with debris flows and mud flows that will come with heavy rains.

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