California · Off-grid & homestead potential
Plumas County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (41.3″/yr) and real distance from any metro (58 mi). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 73.3% of it owned by the federal government.
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Plumas County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (41.3″/yr) and real distance from any metro (58 mi). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 73.3% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Plumas County runs about $4,222 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Plumas County gets about 41.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 36% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 58 miles away, and population density is 7.5 people per square mile.