Dixie Union, GA
Dixie Union wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dixie Union at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 147 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dixie Union at the 68th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dixie Union's building exposure, zone by zone
89.1% of Dixie Union's 147 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 131 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Dixie Union against the rest of the country
Dixie Union's risk sits at a similar level relative to Georgia (58th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (68th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dixie Union ranks 10,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,980 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 284 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dixie Union
Dixie Union's high rating (68th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Dixie Union
With 89.1% of Dixie Union 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.
More on how this number was built
Dixie Union's 68th-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 Dixie Union, see the exposure-zones guide.