Tuttletown, CA
How exposed is Tuttletown to wildfire?
Tuttletown sits at the 97th 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 693 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tuttletown at the 97th national percentile — 1 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
USFS classifies 100% of Tuttletown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 693 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Tuttletown compares
Tuttletown ranks lower within California (81st percentile statewide) than its 97th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuttletown ranks 809 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,731 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 304 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Tuttletown and the insurance market
Tuttletown 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 97th-percentile score like Tuttletown's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Tuttletown
With 100% of Tuttletown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Tuttletown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tuttletown's 809-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tuttletown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.