Strawberry (Tuolumne), CA
How exposed is Strawberry (Tuolumne) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Strawberry (Tuolumne) lands at the 99th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 374 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Strawberry (Tuolumne) at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s 374 counted buildings, 89.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Strawberry (Tuolumne) compares
Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to California (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strawberry (Tuolumne) ranks 191 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 112 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Strawberry (Tuolumne) and the insurance market
Strawberry (Tuolumne) sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 99th-percentile score like Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s 89.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s figures come from
Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strawberry (Tuolumne)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.