Tuttle, CA
How exposed is Tuttle to wildfire?
Tuttle sits at the 88th 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 101 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tuttle at the 89th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Tuttle's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 80.2% of Tuttle's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 19.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 81 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Tuttle against the rest of the country
Tuttle ranks lower within California (57th percentile statewide) than its 88th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuttle ranks 3,682 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,984 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 669 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Tuttle and the insurance market
Tuttle's 88th-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.
Hardening a home in Tuttle
Tuttle's 80.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Tuttle's 88th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tuttle, see the exposure-zones guide.