Union City, GA
How exposed is Union City to wildfire?
USFS scores Union City at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 7,046 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Union City at the 63rd percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Union City's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 46.5% of Union City's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.4% Indirect share and far above its 11.1% Minimal share — a profile where 3,278 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. At 7,046 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Union City against the rest of the country
Union City ranks lower within Georgia (20th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Union City ranks 12,478 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,432 by building count (1 is largest). Within Georgia alone, it ranks 533 of 669 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Georgia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Union City
Union City's high rating (60th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 46.5% of Union City 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,046 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Union City. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Union City, see the exposure-zones guide.