California · Off-grid & homestead potential
Tuolumne County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (41″/yr) and real distance from any metro (67 mi). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 77.2% of it owned by the federal government.
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Tuolumne County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (41″/yr) and real distance from any metro (67 mi). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 77.2% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Tuolumne County runs about $4,337 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Tuolumne County gets about 41" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 38% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 67 miles away, and population density is 24.4 people per square mile.