Sultana, CA
How exposed is Sultana to wildfire?
Sultana sits at the 81st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 237 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sultana's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
237 buildings are counted in Sultana, and 43.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 40.9% rated Minimal.
How Sultana compares
Sultana ranks lower within California (42nd percentile statewide) than its 81st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sultana ranks 5,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,550 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 911 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Sultana and the insurance market
Sultana's 81st-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Sultana's 43.9% 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 Sultana's figures come from
Sultana's 81st-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 Sultana's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.