Unionville, NC
How exposed is Unionville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Unionville at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,847 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Unionville at the 25th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Unionville's buildings actually sit
4,847 buildings are counted in Unionville, and 86.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.7% rated Minimal.
Where Unionville ranks
Inside North Carolina, Unionville sits at just the 0th percentile even though it scores 23rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Unionville ranks 24,277 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,525 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 772 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Unionville's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Unionville
With 86.8% of Unionville 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 Unionville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,847 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Unionville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Unionville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.